Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW)

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12/13/2023

https://www.khaama.com/un-security-council-meeting-on-afghanistans-women-held-behind-closed-doors/

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11/23/2023

Counting our blessings today! We are grateful for our Founder, country facilitators, donors, volunteers, supporters, and the women of Afghanistan and Rwanda.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🙏🏼🦃🍁

11/14/2023

🆘Record-low 11% of Afghan women are satisfied with freedom.
🆘Nearly all of the country’s women continue to be suffering.
🆘17% of women say women in Afghanistan are treated with respect.

Afghan women's satisfaction with the freedom they have to choose what they do with their lives dropped to an unprecedented low of 11% in 2023.

10/30/2023

Our opinion piece was published this past Sunday in the Oklahoman. still need our support!

It's important to recognize and support the ongoing efforts to empower women and promote gender equality in Afghanistan.

10/23/2023

A mental health crisis is yet ongoing for the women and girls in Afghanistan. What can you do to help?

Mental health professionals in Afghanistan report an increase in women and girls receiving outpatient care and medication.

10/08/2023

“…Afghan women want, wherever they are, is what women everywhere want: the right to live free and equal lives with dignity and respect.” UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the UN Security Council

Remarks delivered by UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, UN Headquarters, 26 September 2023.

10/05/2023

IEEW stands with and lends support to the women of Afghanistan! 🇦🇫

Afghanistan's thriving private media sector has crumbled under Taliban's censorship and gender-based restrictions

09/27/2023

Amiri delivered the remarks within this news article during a side event at the UN General Assembly titled “Combating Gender Apartheid: The Situation of Women & Girls in Afghanistan.”

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