Support Women in Afghanistan

As cities fall under Taliban control across Afghanistan, reports are emerging of the devastating impact on women and girls. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross women and children make up nearly half of all civilian casualties across the country. Women are seeing the rights they earned through decades of activism disappear as the Taliban seize control – women have been sent home from their jobs and universities, girls are being removed from schools and female journalists are forced into hiding.

What can you do?

There are actions you can take to support women in Afghanistan:

Write to your MP, encouraging them to provide urgent humanitarian support. You can find your MP here
Amplify Afghan voices, listen to, amplify and fund the work of female journalists in Afghanistan to ensure women’s stories are heard
Sign the petition, launched by political activist Sophie Walker, asking the UK government to lay out an asylum plan for Afghan women that are most in danger: http://chng.it/VYWHFbZ6zx
Support charities and on the ground organisations:
Women for Women: https://womenforwomen.org.uk/
Women for Refugee Women: https://www.refugeewomen.co.uk/
International Women’s Media Foundation, who are supporting Afghan Women Journalists: https://www.iwmf.org/
Women in Journalism: https://womeninjournalism.org/
Rukhshana Media, a local women’s media network, you can support them through this crowdfunding page