{"id":20760,"date":"2024-11-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/?p=20760"},"modified":"2024-11-22T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:01:31","slug":"the-sun-will-rise-again-afghan-women-in-greece-unite-their-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsaegean.org\/en\/the-sun-will-rise-again-afghan-women-in-greece-unite-their-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe sun will rise again!\u201d Afghan women in Greece unite their voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Afghan women in Greece unite their voices in solidarity with the women and girls in Afghanistan on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), in collaboration with seven Afghan women and girls living in Greece whom we represent legally, has created a powerful multimedia message for those women enduring the hardships in Afghanistan. <\/b>As part of the <\/span>16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence<\/span><\/i> – an annual international <\/span>campaign<\/span><\/a> running from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day) – we collaborated with Afghan women living in Greece. Some participated by creating videos where they raised their voices through singing, reciting, or demanding freedom for their people, while others expressed solidarity with Afghan women in their homeland through painting and poetry. <\/span>In a separate publication, we share a text inspired by\u00a0 Setara*<\/a>\u2019s experience, a 26-year-old journalist, teacher, and women\u2019s rights activist currently living in Greece. Setara* spoke with us about her journey, the situation in Afghanistan, and the powerful message she wishes to send to the women and girls still living there.<\/span><\/p>

This message joins a global outcry of anger and solidarity, shedding light on the systemic violations of fundamental rights Afghan women and girls have experienced since the Taliban seized power in August 2021.<\/b><\/p>

Since this summer, Afghan women around the world <\/span>have been creating videos of themselves singing<\/span><\/a>, as a powerful form of protest against Taliban laws which forbid women in Afghanistan from doing so. <\/span>Through their voices, words and art, these women are breaking the silence and <\/b>sending their message<\/b><\/a> across the globe.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWe want to raise our voices against all odds and stand in solidarity with all Afghan women and girls. What is happening to us in Afghanistan is cruelty and terror,\u201d<\/i><\/b> says to RSA Soraya*, who fled Taliban rule with her family after being persecuted for secretly supporting other women through advice and literacy classes.\u00a0<\/span>\u201dYou, our fellow Afghan women and girls back home, are the most courageous people in this world! They may try to silence us and hide us, but we will fight and stand until the end. Despite the Taliban, we are still here. To you, I shout: \u2018AZADI\u2019 [Freedom]!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>

Since the Taliban\u2019s return to power in 2021, over 80 decrees have been issued, systematically erasing women\u2019s rights in Afghanistan. <\/b>Women and girls have been largely excluded from education, employment, and access to justice, with extremely limited access to healthcare and no freedom to move or take part in any sports. In the summer of 2024, the Taliban introduced the first “Vice and Virtue” Law Package (Official Gazette Nr. 1452, 31.07.24), imposing even harsher restrictions. Under this law, even a woman\u2019s voice is now considered intimate, and must no longer be heard in public. It, too, must be \u201ccovered\u201d. Two months after this ban, a <\/span>new rule<\/span><\/a> banned them from even hearing each other’s voices.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Article 13 of “The Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Law”, published on 31st of July 2024, on “injunctions related to women covering themselves” states:<\/p>