The rights of women, girls, and other marginalized groups in Afghanistan have suffered significant rollbacks since the fall of the Afghan government including death threats by the Taliban, barriers to accessing lifesaving services and resources, and human rights abuses. The U.S. must act now through a coordinated lifesaving humanitarian response to address these abuses and prevent further rollbacks of hard-won rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. The Alliance for Peacebuilding, Futures Without Violence, the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security, Human Rights Watch, Mina's List, Refugees International, VOICE, and the Women's Refugee Commission came together to release this brief.

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