Calgary Chapter to Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan

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Creation date: April 19, 2012

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About

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan), an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO (consultative status), is a federally registered Canadian charity founded in 1998 to advance education and educational opportunities for Afghan women and their families. CW4WAfghan works in partnership with Afghan women, and engages Canadians to improve conditions of human rights, end women's oppression, and provide opportunities for Afghan women to live their lives with dignity, certainty, and purpose. CW4WAfghan is based in Calgary, Canada, and Kabul, Afghanistan, serving women, girls, and their families throughout Afghanistan and those displaced by conflict.

Our dedicated and skilled team of staff in Afghanistan and in Canada manage our programs in seven key areas: (1) Investing in Basic Education; (2) Community & Family Literacy; (3) Technology for Education; (4) Grants & Scholarships; (5) Public Engagement; (6) Advocacy; and (7) Supporting At-Risk Afghans.

About

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (CW4WAfghan), an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO (consultative status), is a federally registered Canadian charity founded in 1998 to advance education and educational opportunities for Afghan women and their families. CW4WAfghan works in partnership with Afghan women, and engages Canadians to improve conditions of human rights, end women's oppression, and provide opportunities for Afghan women to live their lives with dignity, certainty, and purpose. CW4WAfghan is based in Calgary, Canada, and Kabul, Afghanistan, serving women, girls, and their families throughout Afghanistan and those displaced by conflict.

Our dedicated and skilled team of staff in Afghanistan and in Canada manage our programs in seven key areas: (1) Investing in Basic Education; (2) Community & Family Literacy; (3) Technology for Education; (4) Grants & Scholarships; (5) Public Engagement; (6) Advocacy; and (7) Supporting At-Risk Afghans.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Quality education

    Since our founding, CW4WAfghan has contributed to women’s empowerment through a variety of sectors including education, healthcare, rights awareness, and economic development. Over the years, the evidence emerged that education was the most strategically important area in which we could invest, where funds raised could travel the furthest and leave an impact in present and future generations. Access to quality education, from adult literacy classes to having trained teachers in public schools, contributes to every other social, economic, and political development objective of Afghanistan. We therefore have gradually streamlined our activities to come within the thematic area of education, with the goal of helping to build Afghanistan’s human capital. We interpret education broadly. We’re advancing education through community libraries, literacy classes for women and men of all ages, training teachers, furbishing schools with science laboratory materials, and helping teachers get access to resources like lesson plans, textbooks and visual aides. We pay teachers’ salaries and rent for school buildings, we have provided wells, school bags, and mini libraries. We work closely with our partner organizations to assist them to manage education projects effectively and efficiently through our capacity-building support. For example, CW4WAfghan partners attend free workshops on topics like good organizational governance, results-based project management, and performance measurement; and we work with them to design promising projects. Education is a basic, universal human right. The people of Afghanistan have demonstrated an intense demand for education, for both girls and boys, since this right once again fell within their grasp following the end of the Taliban regime in late 2001. We are pleased to respond to this demand with a focus on access to quality education. We also recognize the link between quality education and peace building, and believe that a literate population with access to viable education and economic opportunities will be Afghanistan’s greatest stabilizing force and its best hope for a lasting peace.

News and updates

Op-Ed by CW4WAfghan Executive Director, Dr. Lauryn OatesPublished in Ottawa Citizen, February 6, 2023The people of Afghanistan are suffering under the twin crises of a dire humanitarian emergency and an almost unrivalled human rights tragedy, both caused indisputably by the disastrous rule of the...

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The Taliban has doubled down its grip on the Afghan educational system with devastating and far reaching consequences.On 20 December, the Taliban officially announced that women are banned from attending public and private universities, effective immediately. Tens of thousands of women across...

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Visit our News page on our website for the latest stories about the work we are doing to deliver programs that promote and protect the human right to education.

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CW4WAfghan will continue delivering education programs

With the recent announcement that all US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, amidst a peace process that is breaking down, many uncertainties lie ahead, and the sense of anxiety and concern among Afghans, and those who care about the future of Afghanistan are...

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Join us raising awareness and calling for action from the international community in protecting the rights of Afghan women and bringing about a true ceasefire in Afghanistan. Together, we will stand in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and send a strong message that Canadians care about...

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Thanks to our supporters

Aeroplan Contribution
50,000 points donated
21/12/2022
Sophia P
AB
1,000 points donated
11/03/2024
Anonymous
2,500 points donated
04/12/2023
Mary H
BC
20,000 points donated
24/08/2023
Mary H
BC
20,000 points donated
24/08/2023
Leo T
AB
140,135 points donated
23/08/2023
Anonymous
1,000 points donated
19/06/2023
Charles H
AB
2,500 points donated
01/06/2023
Mary P
ON
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Bruce S
ON
8,281 points donated
30/05/2023
Anonymous
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Anonymous
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Anonymous
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Priscilla O
AB
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Priscilla O
AB
1,000 points donated
30/05/2023
Anonymous
1,000 points donated
29/05/2023
Adam H
CA
1,000 points donated
19/04/2023
Anonymous
1,348 points donated
11/11/2022
Laila G
AB
6,000 points donated
25/10/2022
John P
AB
100,000 points donated
07/10/2022
John P
AB
100,000 points donated
07/10/2022
Anonymous
3,000 points donated
29/09/2022
Anonymous
17,000 points donated
29/09/2022
Judith W
AB
1,000 points donated
29/09/2022
Charles H
AB
10,000 points donated
26/08/2022
Carolyn R
AB
2,500 points donated
25/08/2022