age, Roar & RISE: Women of the world have our eyes on Afghanistan.
JOIN US:
In the Streets on Saturday, 25 September -
Women Of The World And All Our Allies Rise, Roar And Rage For The Women In Afghanistan.
A Global Solidarity Action In Your City, Town, School. Everywhere. RISE in the streets, stage creative political protests and artistic risings. Invite everyone, reach out to activists, students, artists, social justice groups, and more.
Activists will take to the streets in New York and Los Angeles on 25 September
Join Us
Visit onebillionrising.org/riseLA and onebillionrising.org/riseNewYork for more information & to RSVP
Access the social media toolkit »
Wear masks. Social distance. All events outside.
We follow the lead of Afghan women on the ground. We urgently call upon governments, the UN Security Council, and regional entities to:
- Refuse to recognize a Taliban government, which has no legitimacy beyond the brutal force it commands, and which terrorizes the people of Afghanistan, girls and women in particular.
- Stop all forms of support to the Taliban, including funding, providing of arms, and technical know-how.
- End imperialism, militarism, fascism and religious fundamentalism. Cut the Pentagon Budget.
- Stop and prevent manipulating women's rights for commercial and other interests.
- Support the women's resistance to the Taliban inside Afghanistan. Respect and support Afghan women and people's exercise of their democratic and human rights, including their right to self-determination.
- Evacuate women and men, human rights defenders, journalists, police officers, public employees, athletes, and LGBTI + who wish to leave the country and ensure their safe passage.
- Create an independent body of observers, made up with a majority of women, who have a track record of promoting women's human rights to monitor the situation in Afghanistan.
- Welcome refugees, with the US and their allies assuming the responsibility of financing the cost of resettling displaced people from Afghanistan.
- Immediately open humanitarian corridors to support the people of Afghanistan.
- Stop arms trade policies and the military industrial complex, which profits from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and elsewhere the world.
We call upon the women of the world, and our allies, to:
- Listen, share, and amplify the voices of the women of Afghanistan.
- Defend women's rights, which are under threat in all countries, and uphold the principles of equality and secularism as the backbone of the protection of these rights.
- Expose your own government's role in perpetuating or tolerating armed conflict and intervention in Afghanistan.
- Call for a feminist foreign policy that prioritizes sustainable peace, human security, and freedom for all.
- Understand and advocate that our common future as women is reflected in the faces of Afghan women, as right-wing populist forces that are anti-women, anti-human rights, and anti-democracy are rising around the world.
Drafted in consultation with Afghan women on the ground, One Billion Rising / V-Day, and Women's Global Solidarity with Women of Afghanistan.
ACTION STEPS:
Access the social media toolkit here and spread the word on social media.
Use the hashtags: #RiseForAndWithWomenOfAfghanistan #StandWithWomenofAfghanistan
RISE in the streets on 25 September. Plan an action in your community. Wear masks. Social distance. All events outside. RISE in the streets, stage creative political protests and artistic risings (safely). Invite everyone, reach out to activists, students, artists, social justice groups, and more.
In New York City? JOIN US for a rally and action with Afghan activists, women's rights leaders, Broadway stars and more will take place at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, in sight and sound of the United Nations as the UN General Assembly meets. (Visit onebillionrising.org/risenewyork for INFO)
In Los Angeles? JOIN US as Afghan youth and activists will meet on the Sunset Strip and march to West Hollywood Park (Visit onebillionrising.org/riseLA for INFO)
SIGN up for information about 25 September events »
PLAN or FIND an event in your city / town / school »
READ about the 1 September Global Day of Online Solidarity »
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Worldwide Actions 9/25 Media Alert »
NYC 9/25 Media Alert »
LA 9/25 Media Alert »
Association of Environmental Justice in Israel (AEJI) is among the hundreds orgs around the world who signed the Call for Solidarity with Afgan people and especially the Afgan Women.
