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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Contact: office@unfreezeafghanistan.org American Women’s Peace and Education Delegation to Kabul, Afghanistan Report on …
Unfreeze Afghanistan
A Women-Led Campaign Supporting the Afghan People’s Wish to Live in Peace and Prosperity
Our purpose is to keep a focus on Afghanistan’s civilian population
WE ARE A COALITION OF US AND AFGHAN WOMEN
We are not a political group. We don’t have a political affiliation
we are committed to afghan women
We call on the US to Unfreeze Afghan funds and stop strangling the country’s economic recovery
We call on the Taliban to respect human rights and to ensure equal rights for women
URGENT CALL TO ACTION
We are writing to President Biden about the severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, and measures that his administration should take to alleviate the suffering of the Afghan people. One is to unfreeze the Afghan central bank funds being held in the U.S. and the other is to fill the $2 billion gap in the UN humanitarian aid appeal.
STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE SUSPENSION OF GIRLS’ RETURN TO SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AFGHANISTAN
Read our Statement
March 23, 2022
Unfreeze Afghanistan is devastated at the news today that Afghan girls above age 11 are not permitted to attend school. We have pushed for ALL girls to be granted the right to attend school, and for male and female teachers to be paid so that all of Afghanistan’s youth can receive an education. Afghanistan’s future requires access to education for its entire population, girls and boys, women and men. This is not only the human right of the Afghan people, it is a clear religious obligation within Islam. We call on the Taliban to reflect earnestly on their responsibility as leaders of a country that desperately needs growth and recovery. We, along with other civil society groups, stand in steadfast solidarity with the women, girls and families of Afghanistan. Failing to allow ALL Afghan children access to education will jeopardize any chance Afghanistan has of international solidarity and compassion. For the sake of all the girls of Afghanistan, and the future of Afghanistan itself, we call on the Taliban honor the promise they made to reopen schools for all as soon as possible, for the spring 2022 school year.
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Tweets We Like
Unless the U.S. unfreezes $9.5B in assets back to the Afghan people, @MasudaSultan warns @mehdirhasan there could be:
— The Mehdi Hasan Show (@MehdiHasanShow) February 2, 2022
1M dead children,
The migration of refugees to Europe,
An increase in ISIS activity,
And a U.S. legacy of creating one of the worst famines in history. pic.twitter.com/uEJFOtd0fz
Thank you for raising this, @SenatorLeahy!
— Unfreeze Afghanistan (@UnfreezeAfghan) June 2, 2022
Aid is critical, but $500m is not enough.
The war in Afghanistan cost $2.3 TRILLION - nearly $300m/day.
Now we can't even contribute 2 days worth of war spending to avert "the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time" @PowerUSAID pic.twitter.com/ZlwhO8u4Uk
"Afghan people need the Taliban government and the United States to cooperate," says Afghan American women’s rights activist @MasudaSultan. She warns if the international community continues to penalize the Taliban, they will "further isolate the suffering people of Afghanistan." pic.twitter.com/HD4M6WmJsO
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) April 6, 2022
“Without an immediate infusion of financial aid to Afghanistan there could be no bottom to the socioeconomic collapse. We don't have weeks. We have days to avoid this catastrophic collapse “. My interview with Canadian CBC https://t.co/PtFxIguz32
— Jan Egeland (@NRC_Egeland) October 24, 2021
Women Advocates Call on the World Bank to Release Funds to Pay Afghan Teachers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Ariel Gold | ariel@codepink.org | Women Advocates Call on the World Bank to Release Funds to Pay …
Letter to the IMF
Kristalina GeorgievaManaging DirectorInternational Monetary Fund Washington DC Oct. 13, 2021 Dear Dr. Georgieva, We are a non-political group of professionals, …
AFGHAN WOMEN IN ACTION
Afghan women have put out an urgent call regarding the non-payment of salaries to Afghan women teachers and healthcare workers.
“There are currently more than 120,000 female teachers in public schools across the country, and about half of them are the sole source of income for their families. It is very difficult, even impossible, to ask these teachers to continue teaching without pay. We call on the international community, the World Bank, and other donors to help us fund the payment of Afghan teachers’ salaries in order to provide quality education to boys and girls, which is one of their fundamental rights.”
U.S. WOMEN IN ACTION
The most important thing we can do for Afghan women and girls right now is to call on the Biden Administration and key members of Congress to unfreeze the Afghan funds to pay teachers and healthcare workers.
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