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DESCRIPTION:A World BEYOND War Australia symposium&#13\;\n(in association
  with the Victorian Quaker Centre)&#13\;\nMonday 15 June 2026 from 9:00a
 m-1:00pm AEST (find the time in your time zone)&#13\;\nThis event will b
 e livestreamed. Please register on this page for the Zoom link.&#13\;\n&
 #13\;\nBetween the two periods of Taliban rule (roughly 2001–2021)\, Afg
 hanistan saw a dense landscape of civil society initiatives around peace
 building\, women’s rights\, and gender equality\, led by Afghan NGOs\, i
 nformal community groups\, and international partners.&#13\;\n&#13\;\nAf
 ghans who fled after August 2021 have become key actors in keeping Afgha
 n peace\, social justice and gender equality struggles alive from exile\
 , combining direct support to people inside Afghanistan with advocacy\, 
 movement-building and institution-building abroad.&#13\;\n&#13\;\nThis s
 ymposium\, organised by World BEYOND War Australia (the Australian chapt
 er of the international World BEYOND War movement)\, will explore a numb
 er of themes related to Afghans promoting peace and social justice in ne
 w lands.  &#13\;\n&#13\;\nWe have three impressive keynote speakers:  &#
 13\;\n&#13\;\n- Dr. Mujib Abid\, a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Initiativ
 e for Peacebuilding at the University of Melbourne\, is an Afghan-Austra
 lian scholar of modern Afghan history\, peace studies and political theo
 ry whose current work focuses on the Afghan diaspora in Australia.&#13\;
 \n- Efat Abulfazil\, a peace advocate now living in Italy\, has a long h
 istory of promoting mental health\, gender equality\, and nonviolence in
  communities affected by conflict and displacement. Efat is the founder 
 of the Malika Soraa Foundation.&#13\;\n- Nemat Ahangosh\, a peacebuilder
 \, poet\, and activist now living in the UK. Nemat is the founder of Str
 etch More\, a UK registered charity dedicated to empowering disabled ind
 ividuals in conflict zones and disaster-prone areas.&#13\;\n\n\nTags: on
 line event\, guest speakers\, Afghan\, anti-war\, refugees\, diaspora\n\
 nImported from: https://seedbomb.au/events/442
URL:https://actionnetwork.org/events/wbw-australia-2026-symposium?clear_i
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SUMMARY:In Pursuit of Peace: Afghans promoting peace and social justice i
 n new lands (symposium)
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