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 Marble Arch > Park Lane > Piccadilly > St James St > Pall Mall > Cockspur Street > Whitehall > Richmond Terrace 

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REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE ON EVENTBRITE: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solidarity-march-for-afghan-women-girls-tickets-461354402437.

Timings/locations: 

11.30am - Meet at Marble Arch

12.00pm - March 

 Marble Arch > Park Lane > Piccadilly > St James St > Pall Mall > Cockspur Street > Whitehall > Richmond Terrace 

Click here for an interactive map

REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE ON EVENTBRITE: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solidarity-march-for-afghan-women-girls-tickets-461354402437.

Timings/locations: 

11.30am - Meet at Marble Arch

12.00pm - March begins from Park Lane

1.30pm - Rally & Speeches on Richmond Terrace, Westminster

2.30pm – End, Disperse

TEMPLATE OF MP LETTER:

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Short performance by Afghan singer Obaid Joyanda 

Welcome speech by Fawzia Koofi, First Woman Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament and Peace Negotiator

Guest keynote

Short calls to action by Afghan women leaders: 

• Horia Mosadiq, human rights activist - setting the scene on the scale of human rights abuses and the bravery of Afghan women an

Short performance by Afghan singer Obaid Joyanda 

Welcome speech by Fawzia Koofi, First Woman Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament and Peace Negotiator

Guest keynote

Short calls to action by Afghan women leaders: 

• Horia Mosadiq, human rights activist - setting the scene on the scale of human rights abuses and the bravery of Afghan women and girls
• Adela Mohseni, Alternative Links for Training and Development - Let Afghan Girls Learn
• Masuma Payamon, Hazara and human rights activist - None of us are free until all of us are free
• Hammasa Kohistani, British Model of Afghan descent, Mental Health Advocate and Former Miss England - a call to action to build on this movement for freedom, dignity and to live the life of your choosing

Standing in solidarity with Afghan women and girls 

• Christina Lamb, one of Britain’s leading foreign correspondents and author 
• Jemima Olchawski, CEO Fawcett Society, one of Britain's leading women's charities
• Guest speaker TBC
• Guest speaker TBC

A commitment to the Afghan people from British politicians

• Senior politician TBC

2.30pm ENDS.

Crowd chants: Zehra Zaidi, Action for Afghanistan (English) (she will also introduce each speaker), Horia Mosadiq (English, Pashto and Dari Persian)

Head Steward: Rosie Stone

 We are a group of volunteers and friends, with links to Afghanistan and the region. 

 In the summer of 2021, as US and Allies planned to withdraw from Afghanistan, we realised that Afghan women would have their rights acutely curtailed and so we put out a petition for the Government to prioritise their needs - it got 470K signatures (Peti

 We are a group of volunteers and friends, with links to Afghanistan and the region. 

 In the summer of 2021, as US and Allies planned to withdraw from Afghanistan, we realised that Afghan women would have their rights acutely curtailed and so we put out a petition for the Government to prioritise their needs - it got 470K signatures (Petition · Protect the freedom and safety of Afghan women and girls · Change.org).

 Then we assembled resources to try and get the most vulnerable women out of Afghanistan to the UK and increasingly to other countries; When it was clear that only 2% of "principals" who came to the UK during “Operation Pitting” were civilians and only 11 women rights activists, we pushed for an asylum route for Afghan women at risk. Please see this article (Afghanistan one year on: Afghan women and girls deserve more than empty promises from the UK | The Independent), letter signed by British MPs, Afghan women leaders, charities and activists (Truss and Sunak urged to help Afghan women as only 11 activists settle in the UK since Taliban takeover (inews.co.uk)) and a recent article speaking about the letter sent by British MPs to the Foreign Secretary (UK's failure towards Afghan women and girls left under Taliban rule an 'abomination' (inews.co.uk)).

 Action for Afghanistan also campaigned for the creation of an All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afghan Women and Girls and are pleased to say that this will soon be formalised in the next few weeks in Parliament.