
Valeriia Pysanko, recipient of the 1325 scholarship for women, peace and security in Ukraine.
The forum includes a wide variety of Afghan women, civil society and political leaders and activists, lawyers, journalists, and representatives from the afghan women’s movement, both from within and outside of Afghanistan.
On 10 March 2022, the forum was launched through a virtual meeting with almost 50 Afghan Women leaders joining from Afghanistan and different parts of the world.
A second hybrid meeting was held on 22 May where almost 60 Afghan women participated.
Press statement from the members of Afghan Women Leaders Forum 19-22 May.
Almost 60 Afghan Women Leaders reconvened on 8-10 November 2022 in Brussels for a third hybrid meeting of the Afghan Women Leaders’ Forum (AWLF), facilitated by the EU, as a continuation of the structured effort to provide a platform for Afghan women to participate and have their views considered in international policy dialogues on Afghanistan.
Press statement from the third hybrid meeting of Afghan Women Leaders Forum 8-10 November.
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