Don't Abandon The Women of Afghanistan!

In an opinion piece on CNN, Paula Dobriansky and Melanne Verveer say:

"Nothing is more important for Afghanistan than building on the liberalizing achievements of the past decade and preventing a slide back toward repression.

This is why it is crucial to retain and expand the hard-won rights of Afghan women.  Gender equality isn't just a matter of moral fairness -- it's essential to the country's economic and political health and to ensuring that the nation has a secure, peaceful and stable future."

And this is why it is so important for our Afghan women's theatre troupes to get out there and get out the vote!  

You can read the full article here: Don't Abandon the Women of Afghanistan.

Our wonderful contributors!

Our IndieGoGo campaign to support Afghan Women Speak Out through Theatre was a success -- we raised our goal and then some!  Over a hundred of you rallied together with generous donations to give this project the boost it needed to succeed.  Now, thanks to you, our Afghan women's theatre troupes will be able to to reach isolated women across Afghanistan to be sure they are aware of their right to vote and to encourage them to participate in the upcoming election, in which so much is at stake.

Thank you for standing with the women of Afghanistan!  We salute you, one and all!

Donna Butcher-Thorpe Stephen Fryburg Duska Bisconti Sandra Heath daojidada Rose Haywood Mei Wei Wong Meghan Frank Everett Ellestad Frank Juliano Patrick Sciarrata Deirdre Towers David Diamond Romy Clugston Laura Wilson Phyllis Brodsky Hilary Chaplain Rebecca and Gary Mary Dino Thomas Neuman Lorri Kendrick Jeanne Fleming Ray Leslee Mike Seliger Beth Brodsky Deborah Ben-Eliezer Audrey Crabtree Susan Snyder Andrew Arnault Nicholas Wolfson

Catherine Coulter Sigrid Nyholm Mireille Bergenstrom Leslie Elias Bruce Williamson Matt Opatrny Martha Richards Marsha Gildin Erika Person Katy Rubin Lia Gladstone Frauke Luhning Gretchen & Bo Gerard Arlene Lefkoe Andrew Teirstein Julie Pasqual Susan Voyticky Shirley Caulkins John & Alice Tepper Marlin Lilian Manansala Laura Shamas Elana Gartner Katie Down Jacqueline Davis Helen Jamieson Kaja Gam Shelley Wyant Michael Bongar Sarah Knight Joshua Wynter & Tami

Laurie McCants Bruce Allardice Brenda Jean Foley Sarah Johnson Ruth Zamoyta Lisa Karrer Suzanne Haring Daniel Williams Matthew Fass Annie Dino Amy Trompetter Ilanna Saltzman Lisa Travis Caitlin White Laine Barton Margaret Mills Laura Foord Joel Zimmerman Rhona Sewell Michael Preston Anna Hacker John Towsen and Project Troubador! We also thank our many anonymous donors!