Negina Yari
Ms. Negina Yari is a women human rights defender and an education and peace expert. She is the Executive Director of Window for Hope Organization, a dynamic network of Afghan women-led civil society organizations operating in 26 provinces of Afghanistan. Ms. Yari is also the Founder of the Afghanistan Peace House Organization and the Afghan Women Initiative Centre, having contributed more than 13 years to Afghan civil society development. She has been a committed member of WILPF Afghanistan since 2019 and is an Alternate South Asia Regional Representative on the board of WILPF. Ms. Yari previously served as the Chair of the Women Advisory Group to the Humanitarian Coordination Team in Afghanistan, where she played a pivotal role in advocating for gender equality in humanitarian aid delivery.
Excellencies, let me be clear: The human rights crisis in Afghanistan is inseparable from the humanitarian crisis. No amount of aid will address the extreme system of gender apartheid women and girls are facing every day under Taliban rule. Only respect for human rights, justice, and accountability can do that.
At the Security Council
Negina Yari, Founder and Executive Director of Window for Hope, was invited to provide a civil society perspective and recommendations when the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in December 2025.