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As the situation continues to change in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis deepens, women remain steadfast in their battle to have their faces seen, raising their voices for inclusion in society—a powerful statement, but a dangerous one all the same. In the two decades since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, women have made incredible strides toward equality. As of 2020, women were gainfully employed as ministers, judges, soldiers, and governors. Now, the world watches in shock and horror as the same women fight to keep their rights intact and ensure the safety of themselves and their families. Across the globe, countries and organizations are doing whatever they can to help get Afghan women and families to safety, holding evacuation missions to help vulnerable families escape. In the midst, those who have found refuge outside of the country are using their voices to share their vision of a brighter future for Afghanistan and asking everyone to remember the women left behind.
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Afghanistan’s Women Lead Calls For Peace and Solidarity learn to support and build a better country for the next generation. “I learn and study because I want to build Afghanistan in the future,” Sarah says.
HOW WE CAN USE OUR VOICES FOR GOOD While we may be far from the problem on a global scale, we still have the power to provide much-needed support—in a way that is respectful of the women, children, and families who need it most. “There is a way to be supportive of women on a global scale, without isolating and judging women locally who chose to practice their faith. It is possible to be a professional soccer player, a singer, or a chemist and also be an Afghan, and also be a Muslim,” says author Shireen Ahmed for InStyle Magazine. Too often, well-intentioned advocacy can manifest in a way that is disrespectful of a person’s right to choose and practice their faith. As Shireen states, “presuming that a woman in Seattle who chooses to wear hijab is as oppressed as a woman in ARYANA SAYEED Kabul is perpetuating violence.” While there is certainly reason revealed only her eyes and travelbike chains and car parts in the ever, in my opinion, this belief is to criticize the restrictive system SINGER ARYANA SAYEED ling with Sayed’s young cousin as early days of the COVID-19 pan- very wrong. Afghan women have of the Taliban and how horribly demic, was to prove that women many achievements in different it changes the rights of Afghan RECOUNTS HARROWING if on a family outing. “We passed through five can do anything—and everything. fields and are successful.” ESCAPE FROM women, it is important to keep Taliban checkpoints. One of them Before the virus outbreak, With the help of international AFGHANISTAN that criticism focused on the stopped our car,” Aryana said. the team built robots, studied human rights lawyer Kimberley Aryana Sayeed, an Afghan singer systems of oppression in place— “The minute he saw me and the programming, and prepared for Motley and a group of volunteers who has used her international not the religion of Islam. their final year of school under an who wished to remain unnamed, fame to amplify calls for women’s little boy, he said, ‘Go.’” The first step to that kind of Sayed, in a separate car, was initiative set up in 2015 to teach many robotics team members were positive and impactful suprights, wore an all-enveloping veil the first to reach the U.S. miligirls tech skills and instill confiable to flee Afghanistan and safely port is education. Access to to escape her homeland as the tary-controlled airport. Being a dence through science. resettle in Mexico and Qatar. Taliban took Kabul. social media provides countless “We had to be creative when it “It’s extraordinarily heartbreak- opportunities to follow and A philanthropist and Goodwill Canadian citizen, he was allowed in and contacted Aryana. His rel- came to sourcing material,” said ing to see the democracy and ambassador, Aryana has long amplify the voices, work, and freedom crumbling,” Kimberley initiatives of Afghan activists, supported the #WhereIsMyName atives escorted her to the airport, team captain Somaya Faruqi last and the two flew out on a U.S. year. “Our machines are built out shared in an interview with leaders, journalists, artists, campaign led by Laleh Osmany, military plane. of a combination of a Toyota CBC News. “These girls want to and researchers. As rescue and which brought about change “I got lucky to get out of Corolla motor, chains from momake Afghanistan and the world evacuation missions continue, in Afghan law so that women’s Afghanistan. But what about torcycles, and separate pressure, proud and continue to work names could be included on refugees may need extra help in the rest of the people that are heat, and humidity sensors.” toward their dreams.” identity cards. getting settled. In Canada, reAccording to the United The dreamers won interThe women’s rights activist and there?” Aryana said. “For the past settlement agencies are accept20 years, I mean, so many girls Nations, Afghanistan’s literacy rate national awards and made her fiancé, Hasib Sayed, made ing donations (in the forms of and so many women, they went for women remains low at about headlines for their open-source, clothing, furniture, money, and reservations on a commercial 30 percent, with many girls in low-cost ventilators, receiving flight the day the Taliban entered to schools, they got educated. So more) and volunteer services. many of them are school teachers, rural, conservative communities guidance from experts at HarKabul, months after American “It is possible and necessary doctors…so many achievements.” unable to attend school. In Herat, vard University and eventually troops ended U.S. involvement to be an ally and supporter of the city’s university had its largest gaining the support of the Min- Afghan women as they navigate in the Afghan war. UnfortunateALL-GIRLS ROBOTICS body of women pursuing comput- istry of Public Health and the ly, the overcrowded commercial (again) a society that will try to TEAM FINDS REFUGE er science, topping 500. World Health Organization. flight never took off. silence them, without condemnIN MEXICO “Many people in Afghanistan The members of the Afghan Fearful of being recognized by ing a culture and faith with which The Afghan Dreamers, an all-fethink that Afghan girls and wom- Dreamers team share a vision Taliban fighters, the couple left they identify. Supporting Afghan male robotics team founded in en are weak and incapable,” shares of leaving Afghanistan in search the airport and sheltered with women in what will undoubtedly the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 16-year-old Sarah in an interview of higher education in a unirelatives in Kabul. The next day, be a very difficult time requires is made up of teenage girls with with Rest of the World. “They versity where their ideas are not they heard Taliban forces were seeing them,” Shireen concludes. bright minds and even brighter think they cannot be good leaders just heard but understood and searching door-to-door in their “This fight cannot be won alone.” respected. They hope to return to neighbourhood. Aryana returned hopes for the future. Their vision, or push Afghanistan towards as they fashioned ventilators from progress and development. How- Afghanistan and deliver what they to the airport, wearing a veil that (Source: Reuters)
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