Please join the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) on Friday, May 7th at 10:00am EDT for a high-level discussion featuring two Afghan women leaders that embody the progress Afghanistan has made over the last two decades, and key policy leaders long engaged in the situation in Afghanistan. In light of the announced military withdrawal of U.S. forces, the panelists will discuss its potential implications on the peace process, the tremendous gains of Afghan women, girls, and minorities over the last 20 years, and potential humanitarian and refugee crises, as well as necessary measures to prevent a return to Taliban rule and regional destabilization.

AfP’s Director for Policy and Advocacy, Megan Corrado, will moderate the discussion featuring:

• Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, Founder & Executive Director, ICAN/LSE WPS Director

• Guissou Jahangiri, Vice President, FIDH; Executive Director OPEN ASIA, Co-President, Afghan International Women’s Film Festival

• Wahzma Frogh, Co-founder and Director of the Women & Peace Studies Organization; former senior advisor on women in security and human rights for the Afghan Ministry of Defense and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Ministry of the Interior; 2009 recipient of the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage Award

• Hardin Lang, Vice President for Programs and Policy, Refugees International

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