August 24, 2021
The urgent humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan and Haiti in the last days are top of mind for many in our community, in Canada, and globally. We are reaching out to share information from our membership and broader community on positions and actions underway, and ways that you can support them.
Last week Cooperation Canada put out a statement calling for Canada, as a respected global actor, to support global coordination that prioritizes the lives of Afghan civilians whose safety and security are in the balance. They also encouraged our community to publish our own statements that urge immediate action by the government, and shared an infographic from the Parliamentary Centre entitled “10 Things Canada and Canadians Can Do Right Now to Save Women’s Lives in Afghanistan“.
The Afghan/Canadian Women’s Diaspora Group has shared an open letter to the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling for immediate action to address the situation in Afghanistan. The Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan has prepared a letter to Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship calling on Canada to act swiftly to safely evacuate as many vulnerable Afghans as possible.