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Since taking violent control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have subjected women and girls to systematic discrimination that deprives them of their right to live safe, free and fulfilling lives.

These draconian measures restrict almost every aspect of their lives - stopping girls as young as 12 from going to secondary school, preventing women from working, limiting women’s and girls’ ability to leave their homes, and even dictating who they marry - with harrowing reports of being forcibly married to the Taliban. 

In recent months, Amnesty has spoken to various women and girls across Afghanistan, from Kabul to the most remote areas of the country. They are being sentenced, as one Afghan woman put it, “to death in slow motion” - forced to live without any dignity in the shadows, and denied their most basic and fundamental human rights. 

Many women who have bravely taken to the streets in waves of protests across the country, have since been threatened, arrested, detained, tortured, and forcibly disappeared.

The Australian Government, together with the international community, must send a strong message to the Taliban that their policies for women and girls will never be accepted. 

Sign the petition now calling on Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy to increase their pressure by imposing consequences on the Taliban for their conduct; and provide humanitarian assistance in the region that ensures girls can access an education.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs
Senator the Hon Penny Wong
PO Box 6100
Senate
Parliament House
Canberra, ACT, 2600

Dear Minister Wong

I call on you to press the Taliban, at every opportunity, to respect the fundamental human rights of women and girls. Please, urgently call on the Taliban to change course and to implement major policy changes to uphold the rights of women and girls.

The Australian Government, together with the international community, must impose consequences on the Taliban for their conduct, including targeted sanctions or travel bans applied through a UN Security Council Resolution, that could influence the Taliban without harming the people of Afghanistan, end the Taliban’s violations of the human rights of women and girls, and make clear what policy steps are required for the lifting of such measures.

Minister for International Development and the Pacific
The Hon Pat Conroy MP
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra, ACT, 2600

Dear Minister Conroy,

I call on you to use aid to provide humanitarian assistance to parts of the education system in Afghanistan that do not discriminate against girls and make a targeted effort to provide humanitarian assistance to provinces where girls’ secondary schools are open, and fund alternative education options for girls who have been shut out of school. 

Yours sincerely,