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Inauguration poet and activist Amanda Gorman is one of dozens of women calling on the Biden administration to help Afghan women amid the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
In an open letter titled "Do Not Abandon Afghan Women and Girls," Gorman, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, actress Kate Winslet, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, and others said Afghan women were under "imminent threat" and called for their evacuation from the country.
"Immediate action must be taken to safeguard Afghan women most at risk: women's rights activists, journalists, educators, civil society leaders, human rights defenders and direct service providers," the letter said. "The very women who have been on the frontlines for decades, risking their safety to realize the promise of equal rights, are being abandoned by those who pledged to protect them."
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