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Women banned from working in national & international civil society organisations.
A chilling decision of unprecedented impact. The Taliban's latest ban on women's right to work is a breach of humanitarian principles and condemns Afghans to further and deepening crisis.
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"You are not alone. Your fight is our global fight."
@AminaJMohammed
and
@unwomenchief
after their trip to Afghanistan to highlight the urgency of standing with Afghan women and girls during their darkest hour.
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Education is a fundamental right and the most powerful equalizer on the road to gender equality.
All Afghan women and girls must be able to exercise their right to study at all levels, for themselves and for Afghanistan's future.
#EducationDay
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Afghan women do not accept this systematic exclusion from public life and these restrictions on their right to learn, work and have a voice. They will not give up. They are
#UnstoppableWomen
.
Learn about their strength and resistance:
#IWD2024
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A death sentence for millions.
What Afghan women tell us the ban on women working in non-governmental organizations means for Afghanistan.
Our analysis shows that 94% of women-led organisations had to stop operations in Afghanistan since the ban.
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🔵1919 - Afghan women became eligible to vote
🔵1921 - the first school for girls opens
🔵1964 - new Constitution states equality for all.
Women's rights in
#Afghanistan
have only one direction and that is forward.
UN in 🇦🇫 including
@UN_Women
is here to
#StayAndDeliver
.
The UN in 🇦🇫 reiterate their commitment to
#StayAndDeliver
aid to millions of people in need. While some personnel has temporarily been relocated, the majority of humanitarians remain to support in line with humanitarian principles.
w/
@RamizAlakbarov
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Education is both a right and an investment in a country’s future.
All women and girls must be able to resume their education in
#Afghanistan
.
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Women cannot be 'cut out' of any conversation. Especially peace related talks. This campaign is a “kind reminder" that women's voices matter.
#WomensDay
#MyVoiceMatters
#Afghanistan
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13.8 million women and girls are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023.
The ban on women working in NGOs - a violation of fundamental rights & a breach of humanitarian principles - puts them at risk of running out of food, shelter & protection.
🔗
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Afghan women's message to the 🌏world on
#IWD2020
:
There is no better time than now to accelerate the realization of
#genderequality
.
This is THE generation that can achieve equality.
For everyone’s benefit. For the future of Afghanistan.
🇦🇫's
#GenerationEquality
❗️
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Never give up changing the world & always believe in yourself! This is the vibe these talented young Afghan circus performers are giving us today.
#WomensDay
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“I have met the strongest, brightest, and fiercest women that I’ve ever had the privilege to work alongside.”, hear
@AletaFMiller
’s, UN Women Representative in Afghanistan, message for our Afghan sisters on
#WomensDay
@NorwayinAfgh
@SwedeninAF
@EUinAfghanistan
@AusEmbAfg
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Happy
#WomenInScience
Day 👩🚀!
Meet Shakardokht Jafari, the scientist who brings improved cancer treatment to Afghan patients.
The world needs science, and science needs women 👩🔬🧪
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Every country in the world should have a Habiba Sarabi. A haematologist by profession, a reformer in the reconstruction of Afghanistan by choice - read Dr Sarabi's story, one of the four women negotiating peace for all in Afghanistan.
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"My Afghan sisters, this year we are bringing to life across Afghanistan ‘Tools of Resistance’to build a force so great, it will dismantle the patriarchy and the powers that stand against the full role of women within society."-
@AletaFMiller
's message on
#16DaysofActivism
.
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Today is the Int’l Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the first day of the
#16Days
of Activism against Gender-based Violence. On this day, we call on everyone to ensure women and men, girls and boys enjoy a safe and peaceful society.
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“We support you in your role to leverage the power of young women & men in the highest national & international forums to achieve a sustainable and inclusive 🇦🇫.” said
@AletaFMiller
during her meeting w/
@khurram222Aisha
, newly appointed
@AfghanYouthRep
, today at
@unwomenafghan
.
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Hugging, handshakes, kissing cheeks - can spread COVID19 virus.
#SalamForSafety
is beautiful, traditional & powerful in protecting our health.
#COVID19
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This is an unprecedented time for the world. Solidarity matters. Commemoration matters. Continuity matters. This year, our traditional poetry night for
#16Days
is being taken to corners of the country by amazing Afghan women.
#16Days
#16DaysofActivism2020
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Another disaster hit
#Afghanistan
.
Our heartfelt condolences to everyone who lost someone.
We are on the ground, assessing with our partners the differentiated needs & ensuring women and girls, their voices and priorities are at the heart of the response.
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"I am a coder and a developer and I am a woman in technology." Sakina from Kabul is one of the
#DigitalPeaceMakers
🇦🇫 joining
#code4peace
.
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Women are key to every aspect of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan.
They save lives.
Their professional expertise is indispensable.
Their participation in aid delivery is not negotiable & must continue.
@iascch
principles statement:
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"16 Days of Activism ends, but our movement gains momentum. Together, we can build on this momentum, and support all of those, whose voices are not yet heard. We stand with you. This is your moment. May your voice be heard.”
@AletaFMiller
#16Days
l
#HearMeToo
l
#MeTooAfghanistan
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Afghan Women
#Orchestra
calls on everyone to
#HearMeToo
. This
#16Days
, let's commit, pledge and act to create a gender equal
#Afghanistan
.
@unwomenasia
@UN_Women
@SayNO_UNiTE
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Happy
#IWD2020
! Whether you are new to the feminist movement or have been a flag-flying feminist your whole life,
#GenerationEquality
is about all of us, women AND men who believe in equality. Join the movement!
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“In the dark days of our country, women resisted. They educated themselves in the basements, they got together in gardens, they never gave up. Same as my generation. We will not give up.”
@AishaKHM
at our
#IWD2020
#GenerationEquality
#FreedomOfSpeech
Forum in
#Kandahar
.
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There is no such thing as a “boy” sport or “girl” sport. Everyone should have equal rights everywhere.
#Planet5050
#genderequality
#endVAW
v
@UN_Women
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Who we are and what we stand for has never been more clear than it is right now in Afghanistan.
Our letter to the Afghan women and girls we serve.
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“There can be no peace or stability in Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world that involves trading away the rights of women.”- says Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie. 👉 V
@Reuters
#MyRedLine
#Womeninpolitics
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"The fate of an entire generation of Afghans is at stake."
- 95% of Afghans are not eating enough. The percentage goes close to 100% for women headed households.
@RamizAlakbarov
on the magnitude of the current crisis in Afghanistan
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Women’s active participation in peace processes increases the likelihood that an agreement will last longer than 15 years by as much as 35 per cent.
@FForotan
, supported by
@unwomenafghan
launched
#MyRedLine
campaign cataloging where Afghan’s stand on
#WomensRights
&
#peace
.
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The crisis in Afghanistan pushed working women out of their jobs and into their homes.
Mursal, 29, used to run a fashion brand that celebrated Afghan culture.
Across Afghanistan, we are providing life-saving cash assistance to women.
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Do you know how many studies have shown that women are less likely than men to step forward and say, “I can do this job.”? 🤔 The answer is NONE.
Hooray 🙌 for inspiration, and wonderful women everywhere!
#genderequality
#Planet5050
#womensempowerment
#TimeISNow
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Afghan women have a long history of fighting for their rights, and speaking up, in the face of incredible obstacles. The responsibility to stand up for women’s rights cannot rest on the shoulders of Afghan women alone. It is our global responsibility.
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The
#16Days
will start in 3 days!
#Genderequality
can only be achieved when men join! Let's spread the word, gender equality matters to all!
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Congratulations Shamsia Alizada, from all of us at UN Women, for earning the top position in the university entrance exam.
With brilliant and resilient women like you, the future is bright for Afghanistan.
Photo:
@Reuters
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"We need a platform that enables us to access markets', say
#women
in
#Wakhan
. Women’s economic empowerment includes women’s ability to participate equally in markets & their full participation in economic decision-making at all levels.
#womensempowerment
#genderequality
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50 women in Daikundi Province gathered for a 5km run to express solidarity in ending
#VAWG
. “We ran in the race as sisters, side-by-side, ، we crossed the finish line hand-in-hand.” Says a participant. The
#ToolsOfResistance
Festival include culture, sports & cinematography.
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Still wondering what a Hackathon is? No worries. Hear it from our
#DigitalPeacemakers
🇦🇫 what
#code4peace
meant for them.
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Eid Mubarak from all of us at UN Women in
#Afghanistan
!
May this Eid bring with it a renewed commitment to standing behind Afghan women and girls in the struggle for their rights.
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Meet Shamsia Hassani,
#Afghanistan
’s first, if not only, female graffiti artist who fights for
#equality
with graffiti.
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Imagine everywhere you go, everything you do, and what you wear is dictated by your gender.
For most of us, this is an imagination exercise.
For Afghan women and girls, it is their daily reality.
#IWD2023
#InHerWords
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One week after the ban on women working in NGOs in Afghanistan, we asked 151 organisations providing humanitarian assistance, most of them women-led or focused, how the ban is impacting their ability to deliver life-saving services.
🧵Key stats w/
@OCHAAfg
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“A nation is alive as long as its culture is alive” –
@AishaKHM
, Afghan UN Youth Representative, at
#IWD2020
#GenerationEquality
#WomeninArts
forum in Mazar.
@UN_Women
@unwomenasia
@hasina_safi
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In the first major report since the Taliban take-over,
@UNAMAnews
highlights the erosion of women’s rights as the most notable aspect of the de facto administration’s rule to date.
Read the report:
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Afghan women continue to be erased from society. We continue to uplift their voices.
#AfterAugust
is sharing stories of women in Afghanistan today, written in their own words.
Read their stories.
Listen to their voices.
Support their resilience.
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Zala Zazai took on one the toughest jobs there is: Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department in Khost. Her dedication & determination to keep her community &
#Afghanistan
safe is truly humbling.
@zala_zazai
&
@AletaFMiller
talked today on women in the Afghan police.
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Girls belong in the classroom.
Afghan girls should be no exception.
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"Equality is important for everyone, regardless of gender. We can all contribute to this cause by our action towards the women and girls in our own lives, including wives, daughters and employees. Make it a better place for them."
#GenerationEquality
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Beauty salons run by women have been shut down across Afghanistan in the latest crackdown on women's rights, women’s entrepreneurship & job opportunities.
Women must be part of the economy for any country to chart a sustainable way out of crisis & improve development outcomes.
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Let Afghan women's voices be heard. We continue to ask women in
#Afghanistan
what they hope, what they fear and how decision-makers can support them.
Check out our latest report produced with
@UNAMAnews
and
@IOMAfghanistan
:
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"We are closing the
#16Days
of Activism to end
#VAWG
with the hope that there will one day be no need for campaigns like this."
@AletaFMiller
. This year, we brought to life tools that Afghan women have been using for centuries to show resistance & build their future.
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Happy Independence Day from all of us at UN Women Afghanistan. UN Women stands with the Afghan people for a peaceful, inclusive & prosperous future in
#Afghanistan
.
#HappyIndependenceDay
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Nowhere in the world have the resources been so limited but the cry been so loud as the Afghan women's desire for an inclusive peace.
The time is now for creating inclusive and peaceful future in
#Afghanistan
.
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We don't want a castle to be built in the sky… we want our basic rights.”
—Nazia, an attorney and activist
What Afghan women want is what all women want, live lives of their own choosing, with equality and dignity.
Read
#UnstoppableWomen
:
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Which topic raises global attention? Afghan women and their role in peace.
Our 3rd
#CrisisandOpportunity
panel hears from Afghan women from the negotiating team and civil society.
⏰Join us: 17June, 10am
🔗Register today
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“Women are uniquely positioned with the potential to play role as peace-makers because they suffer from consequences of conflict.
#code4peace
is an opportunity to say how we can achieve a lasting peace for everyone.” said Zakera Azizi, a
#code4peace
participant.
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#AfghanistanEarthquake
comes at a time when increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls have amplified their needs and complicated response efforts to assist them over the past few months.
Statement concluding
@unafghanistan
mission to
#Paktika
:
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Bravo
@Zarifa_Ghafari
! As one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors, &, at age 26, the youngest, Ghafari is starting the conversation surrounding women’s rights in Maidan Shar, of 🇦🇫. “My goal is to make people believe women’s power,” says Zarifa Ghafari.
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The disappearance of the two Afghan women activists marks a clear escalation in disregard for women’s human rights. Urgent action must be taken to ensure the safety and security of all women in public life.
The UN shares growing concerns re. disappearance of two Afghan women activists, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani & Parawana Ibrahimkhel, reportedly abducted from their homes overnight Wednesday. We urge Taliban to provide information on their whereabouts & to protect rights of all Afghans.
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There are movements that make history. The Afghan women's rights movement is one of them. Their calls for peace are louder than ever.
Show your support! Join
#CeaseFireSeizePeace
- led by
@AWNKabul
, convened by
@UN_Women
Afghanistan .
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There has never been a greater need to create a world free of violence for women & girls, not just for 16 days, but every single day. This year, women across provinces are safely gathering for poetry events to talk, laugh & show their solidarity.
#16Days
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We partnered with 60 Afghan women entrepreneurs to showcase their products at a tradeshow in Kabul.
From stunning jackets and carpets to jam made from tomatoes, Afghan women have the knowledge expertise and innovation to find solutions that lift Afghanistan out of crisis.
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#Afghanistan
is one of the world's biggest humanitarian catastrophes.
A catastrophe that impacts women & girls differently as gender inequality is interwoven with the conflict dynamics and humanitarian needs.
We have been in Afghanistan for +10 years. And we are here to stay.
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For peace to last, women must be able to exercise their right to participate in any decision taken with regards to their future. Our latest Gender Alert shows why this right is even more important when struck by a pandemic like
#COVID19
:
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"We Afghan women are not only defying the Taliban’s attempts to systematically erase us…”
Journalist Fatima Faizi interviews women from across
#Afghanistan
women’s movement
Read
#UnstoppableWomen
- written by Afghan women with
@UNWomenAfghan
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The force of Afghan women has now reached a point where it cannot be denied by any party engaged in the country’s current efforts towards peace.
Summary of "From peacebuilder to negotiation". Watch the event: , 🔑4qaaXH@%
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Hugging, hand shakes, kissing cheeks - can spread
#COVID19
. Salam is safe. Embrace our culture.
#SalamForSafety
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We are creating murals across
#Afghanistan
to challenge thinking, transform assumptions, & stand in solidarity with survivors of violence against
#women
and
#girls
. Together, we can create a Gender Equal Afghanistan!
#16Days
#HearMeToo
#MeTooAfghanistan
@ArtLordsWorld
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Our culture can save us. Practice social distancing, revitalize culture.
#SalamForSafety
. Follow:
@WHOAfghanistan
for more ways to combat
#COVID_19
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Today, we had the privilege of listening to a group of Afghan women on how we can better serve women and girls. Together.
Whatever we do, we make sure it's aligned with the women's movement. In
#Afghanistan
& everywhere.
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#MyVoiceMatters
launched today across
#Afghanistan
. Women's voice in peace is vital. Proud to partner with
@ArtLordsWorld
to tell stories that matter, the stories of women standing for their rights, and raising their voices. Across Afghanistan.
#WomensDay
.
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The government officials stressed their commitment in implementation of the
#GenderResponsiveBudgeting
in Afghanistan during the launch of GRB pilot project.
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“We women of Afghanistan, we are unstoppable…The int'l community must hear the voices of a new generation of Afghan women.”
—Negina Yari, former director of a women's NGO
Stand in solidarity with the women of
#Afghanistan
.
Read
#UnstoppableWomen
:
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Our hearts are with the people of Afghanistan who lost their dear ones in today’s earthquake. We stand with our humanitarian partners who are doing all they can to support the people of Afghanistan.
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Afghan women and girls are erased from society.
For
#IWD2023
, follow
#InHerWords
to read first-hand accounts capturing the loss that pervade the lives of Afghan women—and the resilience with which they continue to live them.
@unafghanistan
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What an inspiration to talk to
@ShkulaZadran
-Afghanistan's UN Youth Representative. Her vision for
#Afghanistan
is a powerful statement of the ambition & drive this new generation has for building a better & inclusive future for their country.
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Everyone deserves to feel safe and free. Stand
#Withrefugees
& help them build a new life. v
@UNHCRAfg
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One Day to the Launch of
#16Days
of Activism: Together, we can end violence against
#women
and
#girls
.
#HearMeToo
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People will not change what they cannot see.
@ArtLordsWorld
brings
#HearMeToo
stories of survivors to everyone by creating
@unwomenafghan
’s
#16Days
of Activism murals across
#Afghanistan
.
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6M people are a step away from famine in Afghanistan.
Crisis like this, coupled with severe restrictions on basic rights, means Afghan women and girls are most left behind.
🧵Here's how.
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"In a room of 30 men, I was the only woman." - story of so many women taking up leadership roles in male-dominated fields.
This did not stop Hanifa Girowal from becoming Kabul's DeputyGovernor.
@HG_Girowal
&
@AletaFMiller
spoke on a women-centered future for the city.
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"We bring to life the tools that make you stronger than that which oppresses us."-
@AletaFMiller
. This
#16DaysofActivism
, we are using arts🎭, sport🏅& culture to built the fabric of social peace for the empowerment of women & girls & for building a bright future for all Afghans.
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"The women of Afghanistan are a source of pride for the country. And we had to fight for whatever we have today. When you gain something, you don’t give it up. We will fight for this… you will see.”
#womensrights
#womenempowerment
#StayAndDeliver
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"Simply because they do not want us to exist does not mean that we will stop, because we do exist, and we are here"
-
@SerajMahbouba
shares her first-hand account of how life changed since last year.
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Murals being painted across
#Afghanistan
, poetry, film & animation - with
@ArtLordsWorld
this
#16Days
is shaping up across the nation!
#16Days
is all about hearing the voice of women & of survivors of violence - & standing in solidarity.
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In
#Afghanistan
,
@UN_Women
keeps raising women's voices of resilience and highlighting their struggles as they continue to serve their communities.
Read & share Amina's story:
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What would you risk in the name of truth?
Physical and psychological insecurity, losing your job and even your own life.
What
@AnisaShaheed1
and many brave & bright Afghan women journalists risk every day.
Anisa told us today what it means to be a journalist in Afghanistan.
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Afghan women are gathering now in Kabul to design the future of Afghanistan, a future where no peace is possible without women's rights. From ceasefire to the rights to education for all, Afghan women are once more loud & clear: no women's rights, no sustainable peace.
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No peace without women! We are proud to partner with NECDO to support
#women
’s representation from all over AFG in 7th Annual National Conference on the positive role of Religious Leaders in
#Peace
processes. These women & religious leaders are
#SCR1325
in action! v
@AletaFMiller
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“Safety comes first” should be more than just a slogan!
@UN_Women
in
#Afghanistan
distributed personal protective equipment to women protection centers and family guidance centers in 12 provinces to ensure they can continue to provide lifesaving services during the pandemic.
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Afghan women have and will always be unstoppable. Read how Afghan women have been the loudest, bravest and boldest advocates for their rights for generations.
Read their story, remember their fights & amplify their voices:
#UnstoppableWomen
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Poetry is a powerful way for women to share their experiences - to cry, to laugh, to be angry, to be righteous, to feel. 100 women poets and writers from Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar Provinces gathered for “Rangeen Masham” poetry night to show
#SisterhoodPower
.
#16Days
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Women in Afghanistan have had many of their most fundamental rights restricted in a country that has one of the highest rates of violence against women globally.
Read our statement:
#16DaysOfActivism
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What will the post-COVID19 future look like for Afghan women entrepreneurs?
Find out from our 11th Gender Alert
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