How do we address the crisis in Afghanistan? Bolster feminist movements

All over the world, feminist activists and organizations have toppled barriers to social justice and human rights.

Afghan women, pictured May 7, 2012, lining up at a UN World Food Program Distribution Point in Herat, Afghanistan. Make no mistake: every one of us in Canada has benefitted from those efforts today. Feminist movements are essential to national and global peace, safety, and well-being. Afghan women have been a part of the movements for decades. We have to do all we can to ensure they and their efforts survive and thrive.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/United Nations/Eric Kanalstein

Opinion

BY PAULETTE SENIOR AND MARIAM SAFI

October 27, 2021

How do advances in gender justice and human rights happen? They happen through the tireless efforts of women and feminist voices pushing for change, despite setbacks and decision-making forces that, at best, ignore the need for change and, at worst, violently oppose it. We have seen this in Canada...

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