Georgetown University: Protect Afghan Women

Georgetown DC

17 September, 2021

11:26 AM

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Press release from Georgetown University: September 15, 2021 The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security started Protect Afghan Women to encourage action and donations to help the evacuation of at-risk Afghan women and to spread the word about the conditions in Afghanistan for women civil society and human rights leaders. Founded in 2002 and co-chaired by the president of Georgetown University and the U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women's issues, the USAWC is a non-partisan public-private partnership that convenes governments, civil society and the private sector around the goal of supporting Afghan women and girls' education, health care, economic empowerment and leadership. Georgetown is a sustaining member of the Scholars at Risk network, which is dedicated to protecting scholars and promoting academic freedom around the world. Georgetown is working through the network to further support Afghan scholars and students. Experts from the School of Foreign Service offer detailed insights into U.S. political and military missteps, impacts on Afghan women and the future of regional terrorism and U.S. power. Afghanistan's former Minister of Finance Khalid Payenda discussed with SFS Dean Joel Hellman the final days of the Ghani administration, evaluated the possible disintegration of the Afghan economy under Taliban rule and gave an insider's view of the corruption that had hollowed out the government. This press release was produced by Georgetown University.The views expressed here are the author's own.