Afghanistan
International Women’s Day – A Call for Global Solidarity
Today, as we commemorate International Women’s Day, we are watching an unprovoked military invasion progress with news pouring in of death, destruction and a mounting humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Women, Peace, and Security: Afghan Women Leaders
The crisis in Afghanistan has thrown a glaring spotlight on women, peace, and security. Women continue to remain sidelined in peace negotiations, and women’s issues are often ignored.
Afghanistan Update 2
These past few weeks have brought a stream of increasingly alarming news from Afghanistan. We are continuing to watch developments closely and have been in touch with our partner whose staff remain in Kabul.
Afghanistan Update
These past few weeks have brought a stream of increasingly alarming news from Afghanistan. We are continuing to watch developments closely and have been in touch with our partner whose staff remain in Kabul.
Help Afghan Women
I am writing to you with urgency, sadness and deep concern about the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. Please join me in an Emergency Response for Afghan Women.
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…