Supporting Afghan Women's Struggle for their Human Rights

September 30, 2024 | 1:00 p.m.—2:30 p.m. (ET) 

NYU Center on International Cooperation, 777 United Nations Plaza 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017

Organized by the US Department of State with Gerogetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations

Shortly after UNGA High-Level Week, the U.S. Department of State, the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, and the Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security, will convene a roundtable to discuss the work of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett, focusing on the Taliban’s discriminatory edicts against women and girls. The event will spotlight the dire situation the Taliban have created for Afghan women and girls and look to mobilize international support for Afghan women’s rights. It will also serve to reiterate our global commitment to human rights and press for accountability while encouraging other countries to do the same. The audience will include UN Permanent Representatives from Security Council Members and Muslim-majority countries, and Afghan women leaders, emphasizing the need for coordinated international efforts to address these abuses and support Afghan women.

Speakers

• Ambassador Mitsuko SHINO, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
• Hanny Megally, Deputy Director, New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
• Rina Amiri, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights
• Yalda Royan, Afghanistan Program Officer at Freedom Now
• Roya Mahboob, Founder and CEO of Digital Citizen Fund
• Dr. Habiba Sarabi, Former Deputy Chair of Afghanistan High Peace Council, and Governor of Bamyan Province