News
December 2024
Double Your Impact for American University of Afghanistan. This holiday season, every gift will be matched dollar for dollar—up to $250,000. Let’s ensure that education prevails for thousands of young Afghans who dare to learn. Please find the link to donate here. USAWC’s member FAUAF provides more information about this opportunity here.
GIVING TUESDAY
USAWC member Eagle Online Academy/Eagle Tutors is empowering Afghan women with online jobs. Online jobs are a lifeline for Afghan women to feed their families and regain a sense of independence. Eagle Tutors is enrolling 100 new tutors for the year 2025. In just one month, they’ve received 480 applications, demonstrating the overwhelming demand for employment and training. Your contribution will help them provide these women with the necessary tools, training, and opportunities to thrive in a restricted situation. The link for donations is here.
Hazara Women of Afghanistan Share Digital Stories – The USAWC is supporting this groundbreaking hybrid digital empowerment program for refugees/evacuees in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and Malmö, Sweden. Launching in January 2025, it provides Hazara women with digital literacy and storytelling skills, fostering collaboration, creativity, and confidence. This initiative offers a unique platform for Hazara women to share their voices, reclaim their identity, and promote accurate narratives about their community. The link for donations is here.
Support Turquoise Mountain’ s campaign as part of the BIG GIVE’s CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2024! Donations will be matched to double your support for Turquoise Mountain’s Artisan Resilience Fund, which supports communities in times of crisis. This year Turquoise Mountain will work with 6,000 women in Afghanistan who are the primary or sole breadwinners supporting their families through the coming winter. The link to donate is here.
November 2024
Afghan Voices:
Medical students banned from attending university in Afghanistan have described their joy at being able to resume their studies in Scotland. See video here.
Member Highlights:
USAWC intern wrote: “Afghanistan Under the Taliban is “A Graveyard for Women’s Dreams”
October 2024
Afghan Voices:
October 12, 2024: Sara [pseudonym], an Afghan Australian staying in Iran to support her family fleeing the Taliban, faces escalating dangers while the Australian government is criticized for its slow processing of refugee visas. Read Sara’s story here.
Member Highlights:
Bayat Foundation renovates Herat Regional Hospital’s children’s ward
June 21, 2024
June 05, 2024
- Letter from Secretary Clinton to the USAWC
- Igor Khrestin, the Bradford M. Freeman Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute, delivered the following remarks on behalf of the Bush Institute and Mrs. Laura Bush at the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council annual meeting
September 09, 2021
WAYS TO HELP
Current member/partner fundraising campaigns for emergency response:
- Afghan Institute for Learning : Emergency response efforts.
- Aschiana Foundation : Emergency food and necessities for children and their families.
- Aseel Foundation: Connecting those from underdeveloped countries to the digital economy.
- Ayenda Foundation : Education, humanitarian relief, and child welfare.
- Eagle Online Academy: Uplifting Afghan women and girls through online educational support.
- Enterprising Women Foundation: Peace through Business initiative to economically empower women.
- Friends of AUAF : Supporting women in higher education in Afghanistan and the American University of Afghanistan.
- International Rescue Committee : On-the-ground assistance.
- Kandahar Treasure: Building a women’s center in Kandahar for empowering and support Afghan women.
- Lamia Afghan Foundation : Education, food, necessities for internally-displaced persons (IDPs).
- Nooristan Foundation: Supporting Afghan children’s education.
- Relief International: Supporting Afghanistan’s healthcare.
- The Bayat Foundation : Immediate domestic needs.
- Turquoise Mountain : Critical support campaign.
- Uplift Afghanistan: Educational support, humanitarian relief, refugee resettlement, local economy support.
- Women for Afghan Women : Medical care, legal aid, vocational training.
In addition, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Society and Vital Voices launched a campaign to Protect Afghan Women , with both advocacy and fundraising.
USAWC Statement in support of Afghan Women
April 14, 2021