Signatories to the Letter to Presidents Obama and Karzai in Support of Afghan Women’s Rights

Madeleine K. Albright Sima Samar Meryl Streep Former U.S. Secretary of State Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Actress and Human Rights (1997-2001) Human Rights Commission Activist

Mary Akrami Samira Hamidi Sandra Day O’Connor Mahbouba Seraj Executive Director Afghanistan Country Director Retired U.S. Supreme Court Director Afghan Women Skills Afghan Women’s Network Justice (1981-2005) Organization for Research for Development Center Peace & Solidarity Yasmeen Hassan Nasima Omari Hangama Anwari Global Director Executive Director Hassina Sherjan Executive Director Women’s Capacity Building Founder and CEO Women and Children Legal and Development Aid Afghanistan for Education Research Foundation Khaled Hosseini Organization Author Mina Sherzoy Judge Najla Ayubi Founder, Khaled Hosseini Yoko Ono Founder Country Director Foundation Artist and Human Rights World Organization for Mutual Open Society Afghanistan Activist Afghan Network Shinkai Karokhail Afifa Azim Parliamentarian Arezo Qanih Director and Cofounder National Assembly of Program Director President Afghan Women’s Network Afghanistan Education Training Center for Feminist Majority Foundation Poor Women and Girls of Ruqia Azizi Zalmay Khalilzad Afghanistan Gloria Steinem Deputy Managing Director Former U.S. Permanent Feminist Journalist Organization of Human Representative to the United Zohra Rasekh Welfare Nations, Former U.S. Vice President Sir Patrick Stewart Ambassador to Iraq, Former Committee on the Elimination Actor and Human Rights Joan Baez U.S. Ambassador to of Discrimination Against Activist Artist and Human Rights Afghanistan Women Activist Sting Stephen King Humaira Rasuli Artist and Human Rights William S. Cohen Author Executive Director Activist Former U.S. Secretary of Medica Afghanistan Defense (1997-2001) Lida Nadery Rose Styron Director of the Nancy H. Rubin Poet and Human Rights Shirin Ebadi Program Former U.S. Ambassador to Activist Nobel Laureate for Peace Modern Organization for the UN Commission of Human Founder, Defenders of Human Development of Education Rights Manizha Wafeq Rights Center Director Nargis Nehan Hasina Safi Peace through Business with Robert P. Finn Executive Director Executive Director Institute for Economic Former U.S. Ambassador to Equality for Peace and Afghan Women’s Educational Empowerment of Women Afghanistan (2002-2003) Democracy Center Jody Williams Wazhma Frogh Cynthia Nixon Sabrina Saqeb Nobel Laureate for Peace Cofounder/Executive Director Actress and Human Rights Former Member of Parliament Founder, International Research Institute for Women, Activist Afghanistan Campaign to Ban Landmines Peace and Security in Afghanistan Suzanne Nossel Jan Schakowsky Sakena Yacoobi Executive Director U.S. Representative Executive Director Shafiqa Habibi Amnesty International USA 9th Congressional District of Afghan Institute of Learning Executive Director Illinois, Democratic Party Afghan Women Journalists Lynn Nottage Union Playwright