Afghan Women Speak: Stories from Inside Afghanistan

As we RISE for freedom around the world, we launch V-Day’s newest blog series: Afghan Women Speak, Stories from Inside Afghanistan. The blog will amplify the stories and voices of Afghan women who can never be silenced as they share the reality of their lives on the ground. It is part of our ongoing RISING for and with the women of Afghanistan as we seek out ways we can directly help, and, as always, place emphasis on the fact that local women best know what their communities need.

Every day, the rights of millions of women in Afghanistan continue to be violated, stripped and threatened. Women currently have lost access to education, jobs, and multiple other freedoms, such as traveling without a male chaperone and utilizing public spaces like parks and gyms.

We believe the women of Afghanistan have the right to education, to travel, to freedom of movement, to jobs, to security, just having freedom to be able to breathe and be.

More stories are coming in from Afghanistan. We cannot underestimate the power of our solidarity at this moment. Please help raise awareness, share them widely with your friends and social networks.

We RISE with you, our Afghan sisters.

SUPPORT Afghan women and their families, DONATE to the Simeen Mobile Health Team today.

To learn more about our past and ongoing work with women in Afghanistan, visit our archive of stories, campaigns and actions:

• Simeen Mobile Health Team Visit the Herat and Farah Provinces in Afghanistan – One Billion Rising Revolution
• The Simeen Mobile Health Team Visits the Logar and Parwan Provinces – One Billion Rising Revolution
• “The girls I taught in Kabul were Afghanistan’s future. The Taliban has taken that away.” – One Billion Rising Revolution Afghanistan Update: Reports from Women on the Ground; Support a Mobile Health Team – One Billion Rising Revolution
• New York City Rises For and With the Women of Afghanistan, Attracting Changemakers From Diverse Backgrounds (by JA, Activist/Writer)
• Why I as a Black Woman Should Care About Afghanistan – One Billion Rising Revolution
• New Short Film – RISING FOR AND WITH THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN Global Day of Action 25 September
• Global Solidarity for and with Women of Afghanistan – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Rise For and With the Women of Afghanistan – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Democracy Now interview with V (formerly Eve Ensler): Former Member of Afghan Parliament Says U.S. War Ushered in “Another Dark Age” for Women | Democracy Now!
• STATEMENT FROM ONE BILLION RISING ON AFGHANISTAN
• Afghanistan Has Been Betrayed – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Update from the City of Knowledge in Kabul – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Hundreds of girls rose in Kabul to show their resolute determination for change and a violence-free Afghanistan and a peaceful world – One Billion Rising Revolution
• A Look at the Promoting Women’s Capability by Education (PWCE) Center for Women in Kabul – One Billion Rising Revolution
• OBR #RisingInSolidarity 2018 Report from Kabul: RISING AT PROMOTING WOMEN’S CAPABILITY BY EDUCATION (PWCE) EDUCATIONAL CENTER – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Dispatches from the Ground (Kabul): The New Old War in Afghanistan – One Billion Rising Revolution
• RISING Report from Promoting Women Capabilities by Education in Afghanistan (PWCE) – One Billion Rising Revolution
• “Solidarity of People with People” by A longtime OBR activist (Afghanistan) – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Photo Blog: The PWCE Educational Center in Kabul Finishes Another Round of their Curriculum for Women and Girls – One Billion Rising Revolution
• Update from the PWCE Educational Center In Kabul – One Billion Rising Revolution