Today IWA recognizes the grave atrocities brought against women due to US imperialism and global capitalism - two plagues which lead women into precarious jobs around the world, which promote education systems that teach repression, and which institutionalize violence against women as part and parcel to global plunder and greed.

We know the Afghan people will be faced with new challenges, since the Taliban’s swift assertion to power.  We must continue to denounce any attempt for U.S. imperialism or other global powers to impose its control in the region, whose only interest is not about bringing about democracy and liberation for their people, but about geopolitical control and corporate interests.