As this crisis of violence against Afghan women at the hands of the Taliban continues, we must support the leadership of Afghanistan’s women on their own terms.
this summer. Gender justice activists in Afghanistan are in grief that the rights women sacrificed so much to gain were thrown out the window in a matter of hours.
This must end now. And besides, most of the foreign policymakers who invoked women’s rights when convenient have left the country. Nearly all foreign NGOs have gone as well. Feminist groups within Afghanistan and in the region, led by local courageous leaders, have already been working to meet these imperative needs. They are providing food, medical care and safe spaces for women and children. Reproductive health and mobile clinics are still operating under emergency protocols so they can still provide emergency care to women and girls despite the threat of the Taliban.
Global Fund for Women, a feminist funder for which I am on the board of directors, has funded local groups working in Afghanistan for over 20 years. They are scaling up crisis funding, including partnering with other feminist funders like
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