Cover title.

“June 2010”.

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 33-35).

Contents: FES in Afghanistan—Acknowledgements—Abbreviations—I. Executive summary and key findings—II. Research methodology—III. Introduction—IV. An overview of sub national government in Afghanistan—V. women’s participation in sub national government—VI. Tracking success : indicators of women’s participation and representation—VII. Recommendations—Bibliography—List of interviews.

Summary: “Women’s political participation in Afghanistan has seen a notable increase since the beginning of the Bonn process in 2002. Article 83 of the constitution provides for the representation of women in the lower house of parliament: an average of two seats for every province is reserved, or 68 seats out of 249. The electoral law further requires that a minimum of a quarter of the seats on a provincial council be reserved for women”—(p. 5).