Online Drawing Gallery “Women Role in society”, GCE Afghanistan.Drawing sessions were organized in Afghanistan by GCE. Students of more then 50 GCE partnering schools of Nangarhar, Kabul and Takhar provinces participated. More then hundred drawings were presented at the exhibitions organized during International Women’s Day. Drawings were dedicated to the role and to rights of women in Afghan society.

Several years ago it was even difficult to imagine people talking about women rights and even more drawing women and depicting the situations she faced in traditional society, where women can play only role of wife that only plays role of housewife and does not get exposed to the outside world. The drawings presented existing issues, the understanding of the issues by program participants who are discussing/researching gender related questions, and women and human rights issues during GCE different activities.It should be noted that the participants received school supplies from US Embassy in Kabul, which were donated by hundreds of different people across the United States in the past year. American communities became aware of how much Afghan schools needed basic school supplies and help, and in fact they held various drives in their own schools to collect donations. The donors then sent boxes to the 82^nd Airborne Division, which distributed them to dozens of different schools and other institutions in their “spare” time.The drawing exhibitions and follow up discussions showed the importance of such topic, as well as the high extent of such interest to the issues raised local in communities. Such activities also raised interest and appreciation of teachers and parents to the work of GCE. It was also great to discover the talents of students, that are critical thinkers, open minded community members and are aiming at building a better future of their country. Drawings are being posted to the program website Student’s drawings dedicated to International Women Day and blogspot   http://www.rihr.blogspot.com or they are also available http://sdrawing.blogspot.com