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Our thematic programs are designed to address the most pressing human rights challenges through focused, long-term initiatives. Each program integrates research, advocacy, and community engagement to create meaningful and sustainable change. By targeting specific areas of injustice, we work to promote equality, strengthen institutions, and empower individuals to claim their rights.

Gender Equality and Women’s Rights

Equality between men and women is a cornerstone of human rights. Our programs focus on combating gender-based violence, supporting women’s participation in leadership, and promoting equal access to education and employment. We work with communities to challenge harmful norms and build a culture of respect and equality.

Youth Empowerment and Leadership

Young people are powerful drivers of social transformation. We invest in their potential through training, mentorship, and advocacy programs that encourage civic engagement and leadership. By giving youth a platform to speak and act, we help shape a future grounded in justice, inclusion, and human rights.

Protection of Vulnerable Groups

Every person deserves safety and dignity. We work to defend the rights of refugees, minorities, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized populations. Our initiatives include awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, and community support programs aimed at preventing discrimination and ensuring equal access to opportunity and protection.

Our Vision

Propagating and enlightening the public opinion regarding observance, reverence and respecting the Human Rights basic role and promoting human rights knowledge in the society.

What we are doing now

- Promoting development cooperation.

- Promoting equal rights for women and men.

- As a member of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), continuing to support the International Criminal Court as an international mechanism working to end the culture of impunity in war-affected countries, especially in Afghanistan.

- Actively participating in all civil society meetings with the ICC to raise our voice and draw the Court’s attention to the ongoing war crimes, crimes against humanity, and gender persecution in Afghanistan.

- Collecting information on violations of human rights, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

- Preparing reports on human rights, women’s rights, and minority rights violations, and publishing them through the news agency The Voice of the People of Afghanistan, under the umbrella of AODHR.

Our Mission

In line with the organization Statute, the organization has set itself the mission statements as follows:

1. Defend and advocate Human Rights in Afghanistan ,Germany and other countries through organizing training, advocacy and research programs on human right situation.

2. Promoting assistance: For those persecuted for Ploitically racial, or religious reasons. - For refugees, displaced persons, war victims, war survivors, war-disabled persons and prisoners of war as well as civilian victims and victims of crime.

3. Promoting the memory of those persecuted, as victims of war, and victims of disasters.

4. Promoting the search service for missing persons.

Our Future Plan

The AODHR/AOEM is newly registered in the city of Essen, Germany, under registration number VR 6421, and we are planning to continue its activities in Germany by:

- Conducting seminars, conferences, and workshops on human rights and issues concerning ethnic, linguistic, or religious minorities.

- Establishing contact and exchanging information with other national and international organizations in the fields of human rights and development cooperation.

- Conducting workshops and seminars for refugee women in Germany and for Afghan women in Afghanistan on gender, human rights, and related topics.

- Implementing an educational program for girls in Afghanistan in cooperation with other organizations, as well as an online educational program for girls and young women in Afghanistan.