News
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.
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:
Bayat Foundation renovates Herat Regional Hospital’s children’s ward
USAWC intern wrote: “Afghanistan Under the Taliban is “A Graveyard for Women’s Dreams”
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:
- Aschiana Foundation : Emergency food and necessities for children and their families.
- Ayenda Foundation : Education, humanitarian relief, and child welfare.
- The Bayat Foundation : Immediate domestic needs.
- Afghan Institute for Learning : Emergency response efforts.
- Enabled Children : Emergency Response, food distributions at orphanages and IDP camps in Kabul.
- Friends of AUAF : Supporting women in higher education in Afghanistan and the American University of Afghanistan
- International Rescue Committee : On-the-ground assistance.
- Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women : Safety and support for women entrepreneurs.
- Lamia Afghan Foundation : Education, food, necessities for internally-displaced persons (IDPs).
- Women for Afghan Women
- Turquoise Mountain : Critical support campaign.
- WISE Afghanistan: Emergency food and relief; assistance distribution. @wise-afghanistan (PayPal)
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.
Other ways to help:
In addition to financial donations to our members’ campaigns, local resettlement agencies are welcoming support. Local resettlement agencies are listed here in a helpful map.
USAWC Statement in support of Afghan Women
April 14, 2021