Statement by the Afghan Women in Exile Movement On the Occasion of June 24 – International Day of Women in Diplomacy

Statement by the Afghan Women in Exile Movement On the Occasion of June 24 – International Day of Women in Diplomacy

While the world commemorates June 24 as the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, and speaks of women's participation in global decision-making, we – the women of Afghanistan – raise our voices in pain for a truth that remains hidden or ignored by the world. Today in Afghanistan, not only is diplomacy absent, but women have been erased from public life. They have been pushed out of negotiating tables, the education system, workplaces even out of the streets and marketplaces.

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