Thank you, HE & , for evacuating #AfghanDreamers from Afghanistan and enabling their education in tough times. Your kindness, generosity, and exceptional hospitality will always be remembered. Thanks for being an extraordinary host!
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Named in the 2013 #TIME100 Most Influential People in the World, Co-Founder & CEO of #DigitalCitizenFund, Co-Founder of #AfghanGirlsRoboticTeam/AfghanDreamers
digitalcitizenfund.orgJoined March 2012
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Our #AfghanDreamers team has arrived in the USA! Heartfelt thanks to in the process — Your support will go a long way in helping these girls, who initially evacuated in August 2021, start a new life in the US. Thank you for your compassion!
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Fascinating story from - explaining the development of IT for women in Afghanistan with #Btc. After the fall of Kabul, cash was unsafe to carry, especially for women. She has had to run her business using btc. Uncensorable+ protecting Human Rights block by block.
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Was an honor to speak at the Bitcoin Policy Summit today to help share their stories from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa and educate US policymakers on why Bitcoin is such a powerful tool for human rights that aligns with American values ✌️
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On April 26th, we're hosting a full-day Summit in Washington, D.C. to educate lawmakers about the benefits of Bitcoin.
Announcing our third panel: "How Bitcoin Protects Human Rights" featuring , , ,
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In Iran and Afghanistan, women and girls live in extreme, systematic and structural wars against them. This treatment amounts to gender apartheid. Learn more about the issue, and call for an end to it here: virg.in/3HYs
#EndGenderApartheid #GenderApartheid
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Speaker Announcement! is a globally lauded entrepreneur and activist. The first female tech CEO in Afghanistan, she's been leveraging Bitcoin's censorship-resistant properties since 2013 to pay her mostly female employees.
Panel: How Bitcoin Protects Human Rights
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JUST IN - 🇺🇸 US Congressmen demand SEC Chair Gensler to approve spot #Bitcoin exchange traded products
The SEC’s approach to Bitcoin regulation "has been unacceptable” 👏
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It was a pleasure to speak at on the importance of women empowerment through gender equality and STEAM education. Thank you to the wonderful team at WPI for having me! #WomenEmpowerment #GenderEquality #STEAMEducation
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What an incredible day at the #Princeton #DeCenter! This afternoon we heard from (below), , , , and many other insightful leaders on #blockchain technology, #NFTs, ethics, and #bitcoin📷. Learn more here: bit.ly/40xDwJB
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Honored to be the keynote speaker at Decenter 2023 at Princeton University, sharing my insights on global perspectives on Bitcoin and blockchain. Thank you to the organizers and attendees for a great event! #Decenter2023 #PrincetonUniversity #Bitcoin #Blockchain
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The keynote speaker at #DeCenter2023 conference is @RoyaMahboob, co-founder and CEO of the @DigitalCitizenF. #blockchain #Decentralization
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Activists, dissidents, builders, and educators from 25+ countries will unite at the 's Financial Freedom track on June 15 in 🇳🇴
More details to come 👀
Grab tickets or learn more here:
oslofreedomforum.com/financialfreed
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WPI is looking forward to welcoming speaker , Entrepreneur & Founder of the Digital Citizen’s Fund & the Afghan Girl’s Robotics Team to campus for the University Lecture Series. General public welcome. More info here: bit.ly/42HKq0K
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“Live in silence now behind the walls of your home, the Taliban say to women and girls. Live a ghost life.”
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Tomorrow marks one year since the Taliban reinstated a ban on girls attending school beyond grade 6 in Afghanistan. Women and girls deserve equal rights, no matter where they’re born. virg.in/3hVi #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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Tens of thousands of Afghans applied for humanitarian parole and paid a burdensome price just for the chance at safety in the US. It's unconscionable that the US took their money & then stopped reviewing applications, or denied applicants' parole.
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‘RISE’ بپاخیز
Available to watch at 17.30 today (20.03.23) at youtube.com/@evoca.foundat. Link in bio.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
#Rise #MahsaAmini #WomensHistoryMonth
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We’ve reached a pivotal moment. Join me at the largest gathering of the most influential people in crypto policy and blockchain technology. It’s time to move our industry forward. dcblockchainsummit.com
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For the Afghan Dreamers, it was an important opportunity & honour to represent the voice of Millions of Afghan girls inside and outside Afghanistan while there was no representative from Afghanistan to the UN this year. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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Thank you for your incredible support & a chance to the #AfghanDreamers to exhibit their Robots during the LDC5 at UNGA in Doha Qatar.They had a chance 2 meet with political leaders & UN officials 2 discuss importance of quality & access to education for everyone
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#AfghanDreamers at #NBC : Schools pushing for Covid funding to be used for students who fell behind during pandemic nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v via
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درود بر اسطوره مقاومت و آزادی ، مسیح جان ، شما الگوی برای همه زنان آزای خواه ایران و افغانستان هستید . امروز در کنار هم برای آزادی میجنگیم .
#زن_زندگى_آزادى
#زن_عدالت_آزادی
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Sorry, I couldn’t follow the dress code of #TIME women of the year event but my outfit was the most beautiful last night because it depicted the brave women of Iran who had lost their eyes by the Islamic republic in a revolution, called “Woman, Life, …
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Why we need to call out gender apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan, and amplify the rallying cries of Iranian protesters: virg.in/3ALt #EndGenderApartheid
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Day 536 Of Ban
“In 🇦🇫 & 🇮🇷 our sisters are denied basic human rights: the right to education & the right to work.” They are facing violence & harassment because they spoke out & decided to choose for themselves.”-
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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Evoca Pictures presents ‘Rise’, out on Monday 20th March.On #InternationalWomensDay 2023, Evoca Foundation calls on you to Rise Up for #WomanLifeFreedom.
#WomanLifeFreedom has become a rallying cry. We will continue to scream for women, we will continue to scream for life and…
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Thank you for your resolute advocacy for Afghan women and girls on this #IWD2023. If the repressive policies against Afghan women are not countered, women’s rights throughout the region & beyond will be in peril.
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On this #IWD2023, I join @SE_AfghanWGH and stand in solidarity with Afghan women. The world must listen to their stories and act for their futures.
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Happy International Women's Day from #AfghanDreamers to all the extraordinary, strong, talented and amazing women in Afghanistan and to all the women of the world!
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Pleased that Foreign Ministers have united to condemn the Taliban’s draconian edicts discriminating against Afghan women & girls. We will work to harness this solidarity towards concrete & meaningful actions of support.
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Powerful words from former captain & current ECW Global Champion , as speaker at #LDC5 “Youth must be empowered and given equal opportunities to participate in the decision-making processes." Proud of you ♥️
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"We cannot ignore half of the populations of a country."
We're at #LDC5 this week — and two big topics on everyone's mind here are gender equality and access to education. Listen to explain at the how depriving girls of an education hurts everyone:
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Every day of the 533 days that Afghan girls are denied their education rights is one too many. #AfghanDreamers
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Thanks for the discussion, & ! We look forward to advancing the conversation on how technology can provide continued education access & leverage Afghanistan's greatest resource: women. Nobody can stop us from learning & growing. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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We were happy to speak to @RoyaMahboob with talented and dynamic members of the #AfghanGirlsRoboticTeam at #LDC5 in #Doha and discuss alternative ways of providing education where necessary as a temporary solution.
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P.A. is planning attacks on me because of my advocacy in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to expose political killings, torture of political prisoners and misuse of AML/CFT laws by President Abbas’s Administration.
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With partners in global community,Qatar offered a number of initiatives to combat poverty & meet the urgent food security needs. Food crisis can’t be solved by emergency aid or temporary remedies only, but rather by activating initiatives that address the problem’s roots #LDC5
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Powerful massage , member of #TheAfghanDreamers, to political leaders at #LDC5 UN “Take real actions, not empty promises. Remember, education for everyone is the key for a better tomorrow!”
Proud of you Elham Jan 🙏
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It was an honor to meet Afghanistan Robotics Team after reading their inspiring stories.
STEM has no gender and everyone is capable.
LDC5 Conference.
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At Seattle Opera, ‘1000 Splendid Sun’ burns brightly
“If you only know Afghanistan through depictions of its war-ravaged history, the vibrant beauty of these stage images at Seattle Opera may seem like a surprising way to evoke this troubled country”
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