Dushanbe, 20.05.2016. /NIAT “Khovar”/. On May 19, five border officials from Tajikistan and seventeen female border professionals from Afghanistan graduated from a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

According to OSCE Office in Tajikistan, the course provided insight into human rights issues in border security and management, including gender equality principles, national commitments on promoting women’s rights, trafficking in human beings and drugs, anti-corruption and investigation techniques, leadership and management as well as first aid skills.

The sessions were delivered by experts from Canada, Moldova, Tajikistan, the United Kingdom and the National Assembly of Afghanistan.

On 16 May 2016, the participants of the Border Management Awareness Course had an opportunity to contribute to a roundtable discussion on the situation in and around Afghanistan. Together with experts, representatives of the government agencies, diplomatic missions, international organizations, and participants of the Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders, the female officers from Afghanistan exchanged ideas and experiences concerning recent developments in and around Afghanistan, ways to prevent the security threats and the influence of these threats on regional security.