Right to Learn Afghanistan

"As the world looks ahead to 2025, a group of young Afghan women brave great personal risk to share their hopes and dreams for the new year, one they'd love to live free from Taliban rule." https://lnkd.in/gdcnJHqT

We will be closed from December 23 to January 2 to give our team time to rest and recharge. During this period, our staff will be offline, and our social media will also take a short break. As we reflect on the past year, we are grateful for advances made in our mission to uphold the right to education for Afghan women and girls. Your support has been instrumental in driving this critical work forward, and we are deeply grateful. As we step into 2025, we will be energized to continue this vital mission with unwavering determination. We wish you a joyful holiday season and a bright New Year!

To close 2024, we are honoured to share the inspiring voice of an Afghan girl named Somaya, currently living under Taliban rule.  This letter is read by Muzhda Akbari, Right to Learn Afghanistan youth advocate, founder of Code Green Afghanistan , and lead of the "Dear World" initiative (100 Actions for 100 Letters Campaign). To learn more about how you can support girls like Somaya, visit righttolearn.ca

The Right to Learn Afghanistan team sends warm wishes for a peaceful, reflective Yalda celebration. May hope and light triumph over darkness in Afghanistan and around the world.

We soon mark two heartbreaking years since the Taliban imposed a ban on women's higher education in Afghanistan — denying millions of young women their fundamental right to learn, achieve financial success, and contribute to society. We mark two years of lost dreams, worsening mental health, and increasing poverty. Our Higher Education Advocacy Toolkit is an empowering resource designed to support global action for Afghan women’s right to education. 🛠️ Access the Toolkit here: https://lnkd.in/gGJfd8nP Let’s amplify Afghan women’s voices and demand justice. Together, we can ensure their dreams are not forgotten.

We’re thrilled to share this Advocacy Toolkit with you —designed to empower you and/or your organization to make a real impact in advocating for the codification of gender apartheid. ✨ What’s Inside? ✅ Actionable advocacy strategies ✅ Tips for engaging with policymakers ✅ Tools for raising awareness in your community ✅ Step-by-step guidance for building campaigns 📣 Explore the Advocacy Toolkit now: https://lnkd.in/gdymwXWk

Huge congratulations to Muzhda Akbari for receiving The Diana Award for her incredible project, CodeGreenAfg, and her tireless advocacy for girls' education! 🎉

🎉 A heartfelt thank you to our incredible supporters! 🎉 Your generosity fuels our work and ensures Afghan women, girls, and their families continue to access quality education and opportunities. As we approach year-end, we want to express how deeply grateful we are for your continued support. ☑️ A note for those who give by cheque: With the ongoing Canada Post strike, we understand this could cause delays. If you have recently mailed a gift, we’d greatly appreciate it if you could let us know by sending an email to funddevelopment@righttolearn.ca. This will help expedite your 2024 charitable tax receipt as soon as your donation is received.  We provide alternative options for making donations during the postal strike. You can donate directly through our website or send an e-transfer to accounting@righttolearn.ca. (Please be sure to include your mailing address so we can issue you a tax receipt! If you would like your tax receipt emailed to you, please also include your email address). 📧 You can email us at funddevelopment@righttolearn.ca to share your intent to give or ask any questions. Thank you for standing with us. Together, we’re creating a brighter future for Afghan women and girls. 🌟

🌎⚖️On #HumanRights Day, we encourage you to read Dr. Sima Samar's article published in The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art for a deep look at the historical context of Afghanistan and the profound interconnectedness of human rights. 🔗Read more in "Afghan Women’s Rights to Education and Health Care in a Culture of Impunity" here: https://lnkd.in/e3dmsak9

The Taliban have announced a law banning women from receiving medical training: one of the last few avenues of education that was permitted for women. What this means: ⚠️ Women will suffer without access to healthcare. Women in Afghanistan are not permitted to be treated by male doctors, so without new generations of female medical specialists being trained, countless Afghan women and girls will not have access to medical care. ⚠️More women and infants will die in childbirth. Female literacy and education rates are directly tied to infant and maternal mortality rates — a rate that is already dramatically increasing since the Taliban assumed control. According to the World Health Organization, Afghanistan has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world. Without trained female doctors and midwives, infant and maternal mortality will worsen ⚠️Women's mental health will decline. With one of the last avenues of education and employment closed to women and new restrictions being implemented weekly, the mental health of Afghan women is in steep decline with widespread depression and increasing suicide attempts. 📢 You can take a stand. Education is a fundamental human right and is instrumental in upholding all other rights, including the right to health. Help us make the right to a quality education a reality for Afghan women who are being denied their right to education, their right to healthcare, and the freedom to choose their own path. Join us: https://lnkd.in/gt4Cax_3