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". – The Commission is very much aware of the need to improve the situation of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Our initial EUR 57 m commitment to reconstruction in Afghanistan includes specific provision for this. The Commission services are currently finalising contracts with NGOs and UN aid agencies to implement 18 projects worth EUR 25 m and programmes to support internally displaced Afghan people and refugees.
Gender is a cross-cutting issue in all projects funded from the Aid to Uprooted People budget. In 2001 more than 50% of the projects directed at health, education and refugee care had specific and significant gender components. The Commission is currently assessing project proposals for the 2002 budget for uprooted people. The amount envisaged is EUR 24 m.
In the new political situation in Afghanistan the Commission is planning to open an office in Kabul in February or March this year. This office will further enhance the Commission's ability to oversee the performance and delivery of its aid to Afghanistan. ECHO reopened its office at the beginning of last month.
Regarding the humanitarian aid provided by ECHO, women are involved in various types of projects; all medical and nutritional projects funded by ECHO aim to treat malnutrition among children under five years of age, as well as to monitor the health status of women, in particular lactating and pregnant women. NGOs generally organise elementary hygiene education for women. NGOs have access to all beneficiaries, women included, and can employ women as local NGO personnel in medically related programmes. Medical NGOs play a great role in the training of women."@en1
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