AFGHANISTAN ECONOMIC AND LEGAL STUDIES ORGANIZATION

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AFGHANISTAN ECONOMIC AND LEGAL STUDIES ORGANIZATION

Kabul, Afghanistan

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The mission of Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization is to work on better presenting the market economy to Afghan society, in particular to individuals who are working in industries, businesses, and other academic institutions in Afghanistan. Relevant to that, AELSO works on capacity-building of individuals in economic-policy making regarding standards of market economy and improving the relevant legal basis; public awareness of people in legal standards, maintaining contact with national and international institutions pertaining to the rule of law, and legal framework development in Afghanistan; enhancing the people's level of awareness about legal issues, in particular human rights that include women's rights, children rights, and rights of persons with disabilities and victims of war; carrying out academic research in regard to economic and legal issues, including complex laws; and maintaining a close relationship with policy-making institutions, including parliament and other sectors of the government, for sharing academic analysis to improve the economic and legal situation in Afghanistan. *Major programs for this organization include: Youth and Free Society Values; Human Rights for All; Market Economy in the Mirror of Islamic Religion

IN THE NEWS

TOM PALMER ATTENDS TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF AFGHANISTAN-BASED AELSO

Atlas Network’s Dr. Tom Palmer spent the early part of December in Afghanistan to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO). “It had been too long since my last visit with our esteemed Afghan Partners, AELSO,” explained Dr. Palmer. “I knew that they had been doing very g...

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AELSO MAKES INROADS IN AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO), an Atlas Network partner, is winning the battle of ideas in a very difficult part of the world. “Whenever someone participates in one of our events for the first time, we get a lot of criticism,” explained Khalid Ramizy, Executive Director of AELSO. “They say, ‘these v...

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SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE AND PROSPERITY IN AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan is one of the world’s least economically free countries, but the Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) has launched a new program to help build a greater understanding of the benefits of liberty and free markets. The “Tolerance and Prosperity Caravan,” is a series of conferences and roundtable d...

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BOOK TRANSLATION PROMOTES PEACE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY IN AFGHANISTAN

Of the many positive benefits of liberty (increased commerce, economic prosperity, and personal freedom, to name a few), peace is often overlooked. The principles of liberty provide the framework for equality and civility wherever they are applied. The Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) understands the i...

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AELSO LAUNCHES ‘TOLERANCE AND PROSPERITY CARAVAN’ FOR AFGHANISTAN

Earlier this month, the Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) launched a new project to promote democracy, liberty, and tolerance, while opposing radicalism in order to bring peace and prosperity to the country. The initiative, called the “Tolerance and Prosperity Caravan,” is a nationwide project with goa...

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SNAPSHOTS FROM JAKARTA: LESSONS IN EFFECTIVE FUNDRAISING IN ASIA 2018

Nineteen participants from 13 countries from around Asia gathered in Jakarta, Indonesia, from February 7-9, 2018, to participate in Atlas Network’s Lessons in Effective Fundraising in Asia. This course is part of Atlas Network’s robust coaching and training programs under Atlas Network’s Leadership Academy.

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AELSO’S SILK ROAD STATION CONTINUES TO SPREAD FREE-MARKET KNOWLEDGE

In late 2015, the Kabul-based Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) debuted its online TV and radio platform, Silk Road Station, with the goal of raising awareness about the benefits of a free-market economy and other free society values among Afghan youth and policy makers. It currently broadcasts 39 diffe...

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AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM MOVEMENT EXPANDS THROUGH SILK ROAD STATION

Afghanistan has suffered under a continual state of war for several decades, and although conflict continues, parts of the country have begun to experience relative stability. There may be no better time than the present for the ideas of liberty to flourish in Afghanistan. The Kabul-based Afghanistan Economic and Legal Studies O...

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SILK ROAD STATION BROADCASTS IDEAS OF LIBERTY IN AFGHANISTAN

For roughly two millennia, the network of Silk Road trade routes connected Asian, African, and European regions. The cities of Afghanistan served as interchanges at the heart of this web of commerce, fostering an astounding degree of cultural development, exchange, and collaboration. Atlas Network partner the Afghanistan Economi...

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AFGHANISTAN THINK TANK CELEBRATES FIVE YEARS OF ADVANCING LIBERTY

This month, Afghanistan Economic & Legal Studies Organization (AELSO) celebrated its fifth anniversary of advancing its mission “to promote the values of individual freedom and of the responsibility of civil society for the creation and sustenance of the institutions of limited government, the rule of law, and the other institut...

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