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Resistance and Resilience: Afghan Women Talk About Their Experience Living Under the Taliban, Now and Then

December 9, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

Join CW4WAfghan’s Ottawa Chapter and University Women Helping Afghan Women (Canadian Federation of University Women, Ottawa) on December 9 for an in-person event featuring Afghan women sharing their stories of resistance and resilience living under the Taliban.

Commemorate Human Rights Day and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence by taking part in a passionate advocacy event to end gender apartheid in Afghanistan: sign petitions, support UN intervention, and demand Security Council resolutions.

Featuring:

Razia Sayad, Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate

Mahfuza Folad, Former Judge and Director at Justice for All Organization

Mobina Akbari, Director of Social Development and Better Future for Afghanistan

Nooria Haqnegar, Former Head Training Department, Women’s Affairs, Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

Details

Date:
December 9, 2023
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST

Venue

Carleton University, Ottawa
Room 4400, Richcraft Hall, Readers Digest Resource Centre
Ottawa, Ontario Canada