Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Joan Ruddock (Labour), on Monday, 16 July 2012, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 65 members in total.

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KILLING OF FEMALE AFGHAN POLITICIAN HANIFA SAFI

That this House condemns the killing of Afghan politician Hanifa Safi; notes that the bomb attached to her car not only killed her but also seriously injured her husband and daughter; further notes that Ms Safi was the Laghman Provincial Head of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs; recalls that in 2006 Safia Ama Jan, who headed the Kandahar Department of Women's Affairs, was shot dead by the Taliban; praises the courage of these two women and the thousands like them who run risks every day simply for upholding women's rights as enshrined in the Afghan Constitution; and calls on the Government to ensure that Afghan women's rights are not traded away in any negotiated settlement and that any future UK aid and development funds are conditional on women's rights being upheld.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

402 

Session

2012-13

Other sponsors

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Baroness Laing of Elderslie

Sandra Osborne

Frank Doran

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

Robert Smith

Subjects

Politics and government Afghanistan

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk