{"id":2105,"date":"2025-07-29T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:30:10","slug":"chasi-organizes-third-annual-walkout-in-support-of-women-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2025\/07\/29\/chasi-organizes-third-annual-walkout-in-support-of-women-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"CHASI organizes third annual Walkout in Support of Women in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">When a regime bans girls from education, bars women from healthcare jobs, and blocks their access to treatment, it\u2019s not just oppression, it\u2019s a slow, deliberate death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>August marks four years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us at noon on <strong>Thursday, August 14<\/strong> for our third annual walkout of UFV\u2019s Abbotsford campus in solidarity with the women of Afghanistan, co-organized with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/sustainable-ufv\/\">Sustainable UFV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CHASI has been vocally supporting women in Afghanistan over these past four years. To learn more about our past events and coverage, please see these past blog posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2021\/08\/17\/afghanistan\/\">CHASI calls on the international community to support Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2023\/08\/09\/examining-two-years-of-taliban-rule-in-afghanistan\/\">Examining two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2023\/08\/18\/ufv-walk-out-in-support-of-afghan-women\/\">UFV Walk-out in support of Afghan women (2023)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2023\/08\/21\/chasicast-10\/\">CHASIcast: Fatema D. Ahmadi on women\u2019s rights in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2024\/08\/21\/ufv-gathers-in-solidarity-with-afghan-women\/\">UFV gathers in solidarity with Afghan women (2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For information or questions, please contact <a href=\"mailto:chasi@ufv.ca\">chasi@ufv.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2106 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Afghanistan-Walkout-2025-poster.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for a walkout in support of women in Afghanistan. A large illustration depicts Illustration of a woman in a blue burqa holding a rose. She is standing in a field of red flowers. The bottom of her burqa is on fire and the fire blends into the red and orange flowers around her. The background is bright white with indications of a smoky sky. Text reads: &quot;It\u2019s been four years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan and began taking rights from women. Join us for a walkout to raise awareness and stand in solidarity with those women.Ban education. Block healthcare. Bury hope. Afghanistan\u2019s women deserve better. Thursday, August 14 | 12:00\u201312:30 PM UFV Abbotsford | Breezeway between buildings A&amp;B.&quot;\" width=\"400\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Afghanistan-Walkout-2025-poster.jpg 612w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/files\/2025\/07\/Afghanistan-Walkout-2025-poster-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a regime bans girls from education, bars women from healthcare jobs, and blocks their access to treatment, it\u2019s not just oppression, it\u2019s a slow, deliberate death sentence. August marks four years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Please join us at noon on Thursday, August 14 for our third annual walkout of UFV\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"CHASI organizes third annual Walkout in Support of Women in Afghanistan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/2025\/07\/29\/chasi-organizes-third-annual-walkout-in-support-of-women-in-afghanistan\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":2106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[151,226,270],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-observances","tag-afghanistan","tag-chelsea-klassen","tag-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/chasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}