Launch of the UNODC report on Afghan women and the opiate trade

To better understand the role of Afghan women in opiate trade in Afghanistan and following the publication of the “Voices of Quchaqbar” report, the UNODC’s Afghan Opiate Trade Project, under the framework of CRIMJUST initiated the current study, utilising a similar methodology to interview Afghan women. This study investigates Afghan women's role and involvement in the drug trade, motivations for entering and remaining in the drug trade, the business model and drug trafficking networks.

Moderator:

• Mr. Michael Osman, Head, Afghan Opiate Trade Project, Border Management Branch,

UNODC Speakers:

• Mr. Alan Cole, Chief, Border Management Branch, UNODC
• Representative, Research and Trend Analysis Branch, UNODC (tbc)
• Representative INL – tbc
• Representative NGO - tbc
• Representative UNODC Country Office for Afghanistan - tbc • Representative UNODC Gender Team – tbc
• Representative UN Women – tbc

Introduction, overview of the study and presentation of the key findings

• Mr. Michael Osman, Head, Afghan Opiate Trade Project, Border Management Branch, UNODC
• Ms. Monika Roszkowska, Research Officer, Afghan Opiate Trade Project, Border Management Branch, UNODC