Avaaz:

“If we can't speak, why live?” said Shabana*, a teenage girl whose dream of going to business school was shattered under the Taliban’s rule.

Shabana should be graduating high school, going out with her friends, and applying for college while dreaming about limitless opportunities. Instead she, like millions of women and girls in Afghanistan, is trapped under the crushing Taliban regime – isolated from the outside world. Many are scared to speak, sing, or even laugh. Their very essence is under attack.

This isn’t just immoral – it’s illegal.

That’s why last year four countries announced steps to confront Afghanistan, which could land it before the world’s top court. But one year on, women and girls need urgent action and still haven’t seen justice served.

Sign and share now – then we’ll take our voices straight to decision-makers in Australia, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands so they know we remember their promise!

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