Help to change the lives of Afghanistan's Women

Since the Taliban regained control in August 2021, women in Afghanistan have had every right to human dignity systematically stripped away — the right to education, to safety, to freedom of movement, to bodily autonomy.

Under Taliban rule:

• Girls are banned from secondary schools and universities.
• Women cannot walk outside, exercise, enter parks or gyms, or even show their faces.
• Women are forbidden from singing or even reading aloud at home if they can be heard.
• Beauty salons are closed, jobs for women eliminated, and women are banned from most public spaces.
• Violence — including domestic abuse, gang rape, torture, and public floggings or stoning — has escalated and often goes unpunished.
• Suicide among women has tragically increased as despair takes hold.

SAWA has been helping women in Afghanistan for more than 20 years. Today, the funding we provide to support education and training projects for Afghan women and girls is more important than ever. Your donations will support a Vocational Training Centre in Kabul established by SAWA-Australia in 2008. It offers free adult literacy classes, as well as English, computing, and handicraft training. The Centre is operated by the Organization for Promoting Afghan Women's Capabilities (OPAWC), a secular grass-roots organisation of Afghan women. 
The women attending the Centre are among the poorest of Afghanistan and has been able to operate thanks to the generosity of Australians. Please assist us to keep the Centre operational.