Afghanistan
Urgent Appeal: Crisis in Afghanistan
This is a critical and terrifying moment for women and girls in Afghanistan. It is with despair that we witness the Taliban’s determined grab for power. We all know that women and girls will bear the brunt of their cruelty.
Afghanistan shelter in crisis
I am writing to ask you to urgently support our partner in Afghanistan, the Humanitarian Assistance For Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA).
Update from Afghanistan: We need your help!
Art work drawn by Afghan women survivors of violence assisted by HAWCA I write from Afghanistan to ask for your help, which we urgently need.…
Afghan women urgently need your support
As the United States makes plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan in the coming months, Afghan women and children continue to be at…
Nine-year-old child bride reportedly killed by husband in Afghanistan
An Afghan man has been accused of strangling to death a nine-year-old girl who was forcibly given to him by her family as a child…
Sold into marriage in Afghanistan
We recently received this note from Krishma and wanted to share it with you: At age 18 I was sold into marriage to an older…
Rape, Underage Sex, Forced Marriage, Abuse. That’s the Plight of Too Many Afghan Girls
Sahar was only 10 years old when she was forced to marry an older man. Her father agreed to “trade” her in what is known…
Your help to girls like 10 year old Sahar is invaluable!
I want you to know how much your generosity means. Sahar was only 10 when she was forced to marry an older man in Afghanistan.…
Afghan women’s shelter needs your help to stay open
I wrote to you in March about the emergency women’s shelter that the Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) has been running…
The most dangerous country in the world to be female?
We wrote to you in March aboutthe shelter I run for girls and women in Afghanistan, which will close down if we don’t find new…
Afghan women’s shelter will shut down without your help
I am writing to you from Kabul, where the Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) has been running an emergency women’s…
Recent increase of violent crimes against women in Afghanistan
“Very dangerous types of violence against women have increased in Afghanistan: mostly rapes, killings, kidnaps, acid attacks, cutting of body parts and stoning,” according to Najia Karimi, Executive Director of Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA), a partner organization of Donor Direct Action.