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Recognition of Afghan Women Parliamentarians

During Members’ Statements, Elizabeth May of the Green Party marked the visit to Parliament of former Afghan women members of parliament. She said MPs from five parties worked together to help them come safely to Canada, and she called for continued action to protect women and girls in Afghanistan, where girls cannot attend school.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Elizabeth May

Green
“MPs from five parties worked together to help former Afghan women MPs come safely to Canada. But our work is not done. We must keep acting to protect women and girls in Afghanistan who still cannot go to school.”
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Mr. Speaker, earlier today, five members of Parliament from this place, from five different parties, were deeply honoured to welcome to this place former Afghan members of parliament. All these former MPs are women. All of them lost their role as parliamentarians in the blink of an eye on August 15, 2021, when the Taliban again seized power and declared a war on women, a genocide on women. These former Afghan women MPs inspire us. We were deeply honoured as a team to work together across party lines to help get them entry to Canada and safety, but the work is not done. We do not sit back and congratulate ourselves as long as women and girls in Afghanistan cannot go to school. We cannot forget them. We cannot turn our page and say that was then and this is now. Now is the time for action to protect the women and girls of Afghanistan.

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