WAW Resources, Documents, Panels, Webinars, and Reports
Women for Afghan Women (WAW) offers a network of programs and services at its New York Community Center and Virginia Community Center to help clients with legal/immigration questions, in addition to providing case management to families, including support to survivors of domestic violence. We also offer empowerment classes, women's circles, mental health counseling, and other programs.
WAW Community Center Services in Dari and Pashto:
- New York Community Center Services (in Dari)
- New York Community Center Services (in Pashto)
- Virginia Community Center (Dari)
- Virginia Community Center (Pashto)
English:
- Sexual Assault & its Impact on Mental Health | Virtual Discussion April 27, 2023
To commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month (#SAAM), Women for Afghan Women (WAW) held a virtual panel discussion with a group of exerts to discuss sexual assault, its impact on mental health, and the resources available to members of the community.
Video/Recordings: Panel Discussions/Webinars
- Sexual Assault & its Impact on Mental Health | Virtual Discussion April 27, 2023
To commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month (#SAAM), Women for Afghan Women (WAW) held a virtual panel discussion with a group of exerts to discuss sexual assault, its impact on mental health, and the resources available to members of the community. - WAW Suicide Awareness Panel | October 2022
Know Your Rights
- Steps refugees can take if they are experiencing discrimination in the workplace (Blog)
- Learn How to Stand Up Against Bias! (Video)
- Anti Bias Flyer: Recognizing injustice and taking a stand (Flyer/English)
- Anti Bias Flyer: Recognizing injustice and taking a stand (Flyer/Farsi)
- Anti Bias Flyer: Recognizing injustice and taking a stand (Flyer/Pashto)
Video/Recordings: Panel Discussions/Webinars
- UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennet in a discussion about human rights in Afghanistan | March 2023 (1:12)
Women for Afghan Women and The Afghan American Foundation held an online and in-person discussion with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennet on human rights in Afghanistan, moderated by USIP Senior Program Officer and Afghan-American women's rights activist Belquis Ahmadi | Hosted at Women for Afghan Women's Virginia Community Center (VACC) - The Humanitarian Dilemma | March, 2023 (56:54)
The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Project on Prosperity and Development and CSIS Humanitarian Agenda held a webinar to evaluate the situation in Afghanistan and to discuss steps to overcome the dilemma of humanitarian aid with featured panelists Najia Nasim, Executive Director, Women for Women in Afghanistan US, Janti Soeripto, President and CEO, Save the Children US, and William Byrd, Ph.D., Senior Expert, U.S. Institute of Peace.