“I see my brothers increasing their learning and going ahead in life
but [I’m] stagnant. I am at the same place, with no job and no rights.” 
– Shabana, 29, former defence lawyer, South-West Afghanistan.

Hi John

The situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is almost unimaginable. It’s been four years since the Taliban regained control. Since then, women and girls have been banned from: 

• secondary school and university
• parks
• gyms
• working outside the home
• showing their faces in public or appearing in media
• gathering in large groups
• public speaking. 

The international community is calling it a gender apartheid. A commissioner for human rights in the UN said the restrictions are “attempting to turn women into shadows.”
 
We cannot stand by while Afghan women are erased from society. Their bright futures denied.

In January we launched an online campaign to raise awareness of what Afghan women and girls are facing. Over 65,000 people in the UK have added their names in solidarity, outraged at the injustice.

The groundswell of support is fuelling our national and international advocacy to ensure Afghan women are not forgotten. We are in regular touch with women’s rights activists in Afghanistan to work around the restrictions and find ways of supporting women and girls.

Will you let Afghan women and girls know they have not been forgotten? Add your name in solidarity now.

With best wishes,

Hannah Little
Supporter Care Team
Womankind Worldwide

P.S. This August, to mark four years since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, we want to raise £10,000 in support of organisations that are bravely carrying on. If you would like to chip in, please donate here.