,, “Fighting brutality against women and children is not the expression of a specific culture; it's the acceptance of our common humanity, a commitment shared by people of good will on every continent.”One of the organizations dedicated to empowering women in Afghanistan is the, founded by Dr. Terry Neese in 2006 on her flight home from a meeting of the State Department’s U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council.
As I left the theatre, it made me think about a few steps we can each take to support our sisters in our own lives: Support women we know and care about: In words and deeds, support our female colleagues, friends, mentors, sisters, mothers, aunts and grandmothers in their goals without judgment – whether they seek better jobs, higher pay, education, dignity, safety, freedom, justice, voting rights and/or economic opportunity.