Ms Elay Ershad MP
18 August 2021
Dear Elay,
Re: Westminster women MPs pledge support for Afghan women MPs
You inspired us when, as a woman MP from Afghanistan, you joined us in the Chamber of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament in 2018 and spoke of your hopes of freedom and security for the people you represented.
We are dismayed at the situation that now faces you and in particular women in Afghanistan and send you our admiration for your commitment to democracy, to women’s rights and above all for your remarkable courage as a woman politician in staying in Kabul, resolute in the face of the Taliban takeover.
As women MPs in the UK Parliament we want you to know that we are looking out for you and we stand in solidarity with you and with all women politicians in Afghanistan who have stepped forward to be in public life and who, in particular, speak out for women and bring the representation of women into politics.
Best wishes,
Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP Rt Hon Theresa May MP
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