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We have also written to the International Cricket Council – their rules state that members must have a women’s #cricket programme so we are asking them to cease working with the #Afghanistan men’s team.

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#BoycottTheICC #ChampionsTrophy2025 #WomensRightsAreHumanRights
January 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
As women are banned from all sports, sports stadiums, employment & walking without a male chaperone, the only way you will see a woman in an Afghan sports stadium is if she is being flogged, stoned or hanged

#ItsJustNotCricket #BoycottTheICC

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#ItsJustNotCricket Boycott England V Afghanistan
Don’t bystand gender apartheid #BoycottTheICC On the 26th of February England men’s cricket team is due to play Afghanistan as part of the International Cricket Council’s Men&#821…
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December 31, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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#BoycottTheICC Women of Afghanistan need everyone's support, don't look away
filiacharity.bsky.social FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Jan 1
We have also written to the International Cricket Council – their rules state that members must have a women’s #cricket programme so we are asking them to cease working with the #Afghanistan men’s team.

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#BoycottTheICC #ChampionsTrophy2025 #WomensRightsAreHumanRights
January 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
The ICC’s website states:

“The increasing number of cricket clubs in Afghanistan.. is making the context very much inclusive”
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Take action via this link including template emails 👇

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#ItsJustNotCricket Boycott England V Afghanistan
Don’t bystand gender apartheid #BoycottTheICC On the 26th of February England men’s cricket team is due to play Afghanistan as part of the International Cricket Council’s Men&#821…
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December 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
2 We have updated our template letter to the England & Wales Cricket Board, so thank you to everyone who has written, please continue to write:
#ItsJustNotCricket #ItsNotJustCricket #BoycottTheICC

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#ItsJustNotCricket Boycott England V Afghanistan
Don’t bystand gender apartheid #BoycottTheICC On the 26th of February England men’s cricket team is due to play Afghanistan as part of the International Cricket Council’s Men&#821…
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January 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
To add insult to injury the @ICC has selected #Omarzai, an Afghan male player for #CricketerOfTheYear nominations

No Afghan women have been selected.
Obviously.

#ItsJustNotCricket #ItsNotJUSTcricket #BoycottTheICC

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ICC Awards 2024 – Cast your votes now for your winners
All the shortlists across multiple categories for the annual ICC Awards 2024.
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January 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
"The ICC must stop making unfair decisions and turn their face to the women of Afghanistan. We are here, we just dream to play cricket for our country."

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Afghan women demand cricket's governing body takes stand against Taliban
British politicians have called for England's men to boycott their upcoming game with Afghanistan as the country's women players argue that the International Cricket Council has failed them.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
The @ICC give the Afghan Cricket Board aprx $5 million annually.

Not a penny reaches the exiled women's team.

#ItsJustNotCricket #BoycottTheICC #EndGenderApartheid

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After fleeing the Taliban, the Afghan women’s cricket team is finally playing together – in Australia
An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket Council to do more for Afghan women.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
Jos's casual disregard for the serious & simple to understand human rights issues surrounding the upcoming #EnglandVAfghanistan match is a perfect example of the boys club in full swing
#ItsJustNotCricket
#BoycottTheICC

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Jos Buttler says England boycott of Afghanistan fixture ‘not the way to go’
Jos Buttler believes England should play Afghanistan at next month’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan despite calls for a boycott
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January 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Our Dec 2024 letter to the #ICC asked them to cease working with the #Afghanistan men’s team, as their rules state that members must have a women’s #cricket programme!

So we are LIVID that the #CT25 still includes #Afghanistan as a team!

#ChampionsTrophy #ItsNotCricket #AFGvENG #BoycottTheICC
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
Women & women’s sport is seen as an optional add on by England cricket & the ICC

It is unacceptable that they are failing to uphold women’s rights in the most extreme of situations

#ItsJustNotCricket #BoycottTheICC
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England-Afghanistan boycott calls: MP says players have 'power' to refuse to play Champions Trophy match
England's men's players have the
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January 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
The International Cricket Council (ICC) HAS REFUSED permission to let Afghan women play as a refugee team.

The Afghan men's team continue to receive the full funding $5M per year from the @ICC

#BoycottTheICC #ItsJustNotCricket
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Afghanistan's female cricketers play historic exhibition match in Australia
Afghanistan's female cricketers play an exhibition match at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, with the players hoping to
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January 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
1 The England Cricket Board said “we would prefer to take unified rather than unilateral action”

Which is a lot of words for “don’t spoil our fun.”
#ItsJustNotCricket #ItsNotJustCricket #BoycottTheICC #Afghanistan #SexApartheid #EndGenderApartheid #RichardGould

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England cricket chiefs reject call for solo boycott of Afghanistan Champions Trophy game over Taliban assault on women's rights
More than 160 politicians, including Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn, have signed a letter condemning the "insidious dystopia" in Afghanistan, but the ECB said it would prefer to take unified rather th...
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January 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Downing Street has called on the International Cricket Council to “deliver on their own rules”

#ItsJustNotCricket #ItsnotJUSTcricket #BoycottTheICC
#EnglandVAfghanistan

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Downing Street urges cricket chiefs to ‘deliver on own rules’ over Afghanistan
England are resisting pressure to boycott their Champions Trophy meeting with Afghanistan next month
www.independent.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
sisterssalon.bsky.social
We are thrilled to update our page of actions to #EndGenderApartheid with the welcome news that the UK government is joining the prosecution of The Taliban under CEDAW

@GenderApartheid @AliceMLabour @AnnelieseDodds #BoycottTheICC #SexApartheid
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Action Seven #RespectWomen
We are really pleased to announce that since publishing this page, the UK government is joining the campaign to prosecute The Taliban under CEDAW. There is still much more we can do: Join the Globa…
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January 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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#ItsJustNotCricket

Well it isn’t it is?

Use the templates to contact the English Cricket Board, your MP, the ICC.

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January 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
julie4north.bsky.social
Thanks to @sisterssalon.bsky.social for initiating this important action in protest against the England V Afghanistan #ICC cricket match due to take place on Feb 26. Whilst Afghan women continue to be denied their rights please sign & share #ItsJustNotCricket #BoycottTheICC
January 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
#CT25 #ChampionsTrophy #EnglandCricket #MyVoiceIsNotForbidden #ENGvsAFG #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #EndGenderApartheid #CT25 #BoycottTheICC #ChampionsTrophy2025

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Cricket and Women's Liberation Afghanistan — FiLiA
We urge the England Cricket Board to withdraw the England team from the forthcoming match against Afghanistan on 26th February, which is scheduled as part of the International Cricket Council Men’s Ch...
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February 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM