Today, on March 8, International Women’s Day,
We, the women of the Afghanistan Women’s Justice Movement, have gathered in Quetta, Pakistan, to once again raise our voices loud and clear: No power can silence us!
What is happening in Afghanistan today is nothing less than gender apartheid. Women have been systematically erased from public life, deprived of their most fundamental human rights, and subjected to the harshest forms of oppression and violence.
We will not remain silent in the face of this blatant injustice and this misogynistic regime.
Gender apartheid is a crime against humanity, and any silence in the face of it is a betrayal of justice and freedom!
We call on the international community to move beyond empty statements and diplomatic theatrics. Instead, we demand that they officially recognize the Taliban regime as perpetrators of gender apartheid and take concrete action to end this crime.
We urge the free people of the world, human rights activists, and progressive movements to stand with us and refuse to legitimize this dictatorship of gender oppression.
No negotiation over women’s freedom is acceptable.
No compromise with a regime that has enslaved women is justifiable.
We warn the world:
•The rights of Afghanistan women are a red line!
•No nation can achieve freedom and progress under apartheid, and Afghanistan is no exception.
We stand here today, stronger than ever, and this struggle will continue until victory and the inevitable fall of the Taliban.
