This 60-minute webinar hosted by the Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) and the Central Asia Institute will share information on the situation in Afghanistan four years since the Taliban retook control, with a focus on the disproportionate impacts on Afghan women and girls. The aim of the event is to educate a bipartisan audience on CAI’s ongoing education programs and provide a broader understanding of the struggle for Afghan women’s rights both inside and outside of the country. CAI’s Executive Director will provide a brief update on CAI’s current education and livelihood programs in Afghanistan. She will touch on how the organization and its local partners have adapted over time to the new reality despite the severe restrictions on Afghan women’s rights to education and work. This will be followed by a discussion with Ambassador Raz on the challenges Afghan women and girls face, both inside and outside the country, and the work of the Afghan Policy Lab to provide policy recommendations to the international community and the U.S. towards an inclusive, prosperous future vision for the country. The Ambassador will be asked to give her perspective on U.S. policy towards Afghanistan, why the American public should stay engaged, and what ordinary Americans can do to support Afghans at home and abroad. The primary audience for the event is CAI’s donors from all over the United States, who are generally laypeople or, more specifically, Americans who care about Afghanistan. They support Central Asia Institute because they care deeply about the mission. The secondary audience for the event is people who are interested in learning more, including members of the Princeton SPIA / Afghan Policy Lab community.