Women's Rights Network Red Flowers Campaign raising awareness for women and girls in Afghanistan

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CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES TODAY

Red Flowers for Afghan women and girls. Beauty and hope from a stony ground.

Every spring, wild red tulips transform even the most barren of Afghan landscapes into a riot of colour, heralding Nowruz, the Persian new year, and symbolising sacrifice and the beauty and renewal of life.

In Afghanistan, Gul-e-Surkh, the Red Flower Festival, lasts around 40 days while the flowers bloom.

This year, WRN is using the red tulip to symbolise the hopes of Afghan women and girls as they struggle for life under the barren oppression of the Taliban regime.

Expect to see WRN women at street stall and events, handing out red tulips – and the beautiful words of Afghan women and girls.

A huge thank you to Kate Clanchy for her support.

We even have mugs and t-shirts!
https://violetvend.com/afghan-women

We’ll be highlighting the impact of Taliban oppression and persecution on Afghan women and girls throughout this campaign, which will run for the next 40 days.

And we’ll be sharing campaign pics and clips too.

Come and support us!

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What a lovely idea. Well done WRN. Lovely graphics too.

Love this.

This is a lovely idea. I know I feel heartbroken when I read about women and girls in Afghanistan and I also feel helpless. This will raise some much needed awareness. I see from the Women's Rights Network website that they work with Victory Afghanistan, so good to know some girls and women are learning English.it is always encouraging to know things are going on behind the scenes.

www.womensrights.network/afghanistan

Well done Women's Rights Network, with all that is going on in the middle east, so many people are forgetting about the dreadful day to day oppression women in Afghanistan have to endure.

Women's Rights Network women have been out doing their stalls to raise awareness of the plight of women in Afghanistan.

Here's what WRN Wales were up to:

A wonderfully rewarding day with the WRN Wales Red Flowers for Afghan Women and Girls pop-up stall on Queen street, Cardiff🌹

Several women decided to sign-up as volunteer online teachers with the fantastic Victory Afghanistan who deliver online classes. And we met a lovely vicar who plans to join WRN!

WRN Wales turned out in force

I love the way Women's Rights Network is helping women in Afghanistan.
The red tulip campaign is great and online teaching not only offers girls hope when there is so little, it has the potential to bring about material change.
Words AND deeds!

And here's Women's Rights Network Furness:

Four of our group were out in Ulverston yesterday with the Red Tulip campaign. Raising a little awareness of the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan

"Don't forget Afghan women and girls"

And Women's Rights Network members were out in Leek, Staffordshire and Ashbourne (Derbyshire) raising awareness of the plight of Afghan women and girls for the Red Flowers for Afghan Women and Girls campaign 🌹

They handed out red tulips, bookmarks, badges and leaflets to members of the public and engaged in conversations that generated sympathy and sadness but also curiosity about why women and girls were so feared.

And they told people about Victory Afghanistan and how some WRN members across the UK volunteer with this organisation to teach English to women and girls in Afghanistan. https://victoryafghanistan.org

Women's Rights Network members in Derbyshire and Staffordshire met several teachers who said their hearts hurt that girls were denied education.

Teachers can download a free resource pack, linked on our website, to help their class find out about the lives of girls living in Afghanistan who have lost their right to education.

https://www.womensrights.network/afghanistan

They were humbled by a 16 year old girl who came over to speak to them. She is already reading all she can about misogyny and wants to bring the WRN Afghanistan school resource pack to her school. They look forward to her to joining when she is 18!

Finally, a reminder of the major oppressions, persecutions and prohibitions women and girls are subjected to by Taliban rule in Afghanistan. (March 2026)

There was another Women's Rights Network stall for the lovely people in Taunton today.

People do understand that women and girls in Afghanistan are suffering.

If you're in Swansea this Saturday 1-2pm, please come and say hello to WRN Wales at their Oxford Street pop up stall in the city centre.

Throughout the 40-day Red Flower Festival, Women's Rights Network are holding street stalls across the UK in recognition of the plight of women and girls living under the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

They will have handmade red tulips, gifts and leaflets full of beautiful, inspiring poetry written by our Afghan sisters.

What an incredible day on Abergavenny High Street! 🌹

The people of Abergavenny were so generous, warm and curious - stopping to learn about Afghan women and girls living under Taliban oppression. Every tulip given away carries hope. Thank you, Abergavenny — you showed up!

Love this, thank you for sharing @AddMoreJam and also for the link to the additonal info on the Women's Rights Network.

You have inspired me to do what I can to support this campaign and volunteer for Victory Afghanistan. Imagine if women everywhere got involved? What a difference that could make?