ActionForAfghanistan
@a4afghanistan
2 year journey - resettlement by a team of volunteers, then campaigns, policy & advocacy 4 Afg women led by @Zehra_Zaidi - see her twitter for continuing work
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21-08-2022 12:09:08
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The APPG_AfghanWomenandGirls which I co-chair met this morning to discuss resettlement. Nobody wants to be stuck in a hotel, but the UK Government needs to be adequately flexible and take things like schooling and job opportunities into account.
Thank you for your time, energy, expertise and commitment Paiwand Sunder Katwala Beyond Skin Alghochak Chw. Urdd Merthyr Jillian McBride 🧡 WPP Victoria Tully Niamh Grahame Zoe Bantleman Fereshta Abbasi your words needed to be said and heard! #afghanistan
Wendy Chamberlain asks a very pertinent question re the treatment of 🇦🇫refugees leaving hotels in light of Robert Booth coverage of the discriminatory attitudes of some social housing landlords in todays The Guardian #proudlyguardianreadingwokerati
Jillian McBride 🧡 Paiwand Sunder Katwala Beyond Skin Alghochak Chw. Urdd Merthyr WPP Victoria Tully Niamh Grahame Zoe Bantleman Fereshta Abbasi It’s is indeed and hearing concerns raised this morning at appg being echoed and amplified by Wendy Chamberlain on the radio this evening is reassuring, reaffirminng, reenergising and so very fantastic!!
Inspired by the relentless work done by my friend M Rafi Hottak to support Afghan friends on asylum especially those who served with British Forces. Proud to collaborate with him and others involved in Free From Fear © - Andrew Fox crimegirl @james_Joseph98
The discussion will be moderated by Martin Bright with Alex and a panel of experts, including lawyer and activist Zehra Zaidi and journalist Zahra Joya. All proceeds from the event go to not-for-profit Anotherway Now ⬇️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/defying-the-…
And we’re off! Our jam-packed screening of Alex Crawford ‘s film is under way at Everyman Cinema with Martin Bright Zehra Zaidi Zahra Joya Sky News
“I am afraid” says a girl studying at a secret school “as being a girl has been outlawed here” Alex Crawford ‘s phenomenal documentary is a painful watch, but watch and act - Afghan women and girls need us all to stand in solidarity @AnothrBreed
The film shows a full -scale war against women. it shows the situation full of violence,full of fear and anxiety full of suffering and painful scenes and at the same time full of standing and resistance full of fighting and courage. Thanks Alex Crawford Sky News Zehra Zaidi
‘A full-scale war on women’. Incredible documentary from Alex Crawford and Anotherway Now about the devastating reality for women in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. linktr.ee/anotherwaynow?… for ways we can help from the UK.
Did you know there is currently no safe asylum route for Afghan women and girls at risk… a moving but insightful evening. Together, the room watched Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford’s ‘Women At War: Afghanistan’ and heard from Zehra Zaidi & Zahra Joya
Honoured to chair a discussion with Zahra Joya Zehra Zaidi and Alex Crawford about the Sky News film Defying the Taliban. Now it's time for the UK government to act to provide safe routes for woman at risk in Afghanistan. Thanks to Everyman Cinema and Anotherway Now
⭐️Global Feminist of the Week⭐️ Meet Mary Akrami, the #AfghanWomenNetwork Executive Director. Her role within the network plays a vital role in ensuring women's perspectives and priorities inform peace in Afghanistan. #FreeAfghanWomen Mary Akrami Afghan Women's Network
For the past three days in Kabul city, there has been a continuous arrest of girls and women who are accused of not adhering to the hijab requirement imposed by the Taliban. The majority of those arrested are teenagers and students. António Guterres United Nations UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett