JWF’s recent statement on Afghan girls’ access to education is now available on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) website. The statement was submitted as part of the 26th…
Category: Human Rights
33rd Abant Meeting Seeks to Revamp Turkey's Foreign and Domestic Policies
This weekend, JWF hosted the 33rd Abant Platform meeting, titled “Turkey’s Direction,” to discuss the country’s future. The meeting was attended by 120 intellectuals from around the world, including scholars,…
Turkish-Afghan Schools Highlighted as Step Forward for Girls' Education
In partnership with the Dialog-Institut and the Permanent Missions of Afghanistan, the UK, and Finland, the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) organized a well-attended conference concerning Afghan girls’ access to…
JWF & NYIT Host Conference on Democratization in the Middle East
As part of the New York Institute of Technology’s (NYIT) “The Year of Turkey,” JWF and NYIT hosted an international conference on April 28, 2014, at the NYIT Auditorium on…
Ambassadors Series Presents 2nd Panel Focused on Africa
The Ambassadors Series Africa Panel #2: African Solutions to African Problems brought United Nations diplomats together with academics, experts, and civil society to discuss global issues and exchange multiple perspectives.…
Panel Discusses Achievements and Challenges in Afghan Girls' Education
Working alongside Peace Islands Institute New York (PIINY) and the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN, the JWF Women’s Platform co-organized a panel on the achievements and challenges of…
Abant Africa Forum Calls for Freedom of Expression and Respect for the Sacred
The 32nd Abant Platform forum, which took place in Addis Ababa on March 8-9, 2014, confirmed its commitment to the respect for sacred values and the encouragement of freedom of…
Ambassadors Series Panel #2 Discusses Relations between Balkans and EU
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) and Peace Islands Institute held the second panel of the Ambassadors Series in JWF’s New York office on February 26, 2014. The theme of…
Ambassadors Series Panel Seeks African Solutions to African Problems
JWF and Peace Islands Institute in New York (PIINY) held the first panel in the African Ambassadors Series in New York on February 12, 2014. The series aims to create…
Medialog Calls for Law against Hate Speech and Hate Crimes
In a two-day conference on hate speech and hate crime organized by Medialog in Istanbul in October 2013, leading journalists and academics urged the Turkish government to draft a law…