Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

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مردم کشوری تحت اشغال بیگانگان و سلطه‌ی جنایتکاران جهادی به جنگ با پاکستان نخواهند رفت! RAWA Sends 21 Afghan Children for Treatment in the USA June 24, 2008 RAWA celebrates the International Women's Day March 8, 2008 - Kabul RAWA Statement on the International Women's Day (Mar.8, 2008) زنان افغان در دوزخ بنیادگرایان و اشغالگران میسوزند د افغانستان ښځی د بنسټپالو او تیری کوونکو په دوزخ کی سوځی Declare Your Strong Support for Immediate Release of Young Afghan Journalist Parwiz Kambakhsh خشم تانرا در مقابل بازداشت پرویز کامبخش ابراز کنید! Español | Français | Italiano | Català | Dutch | 日本語 The US and Her Fundamentalist Stooges are the Main Human Rights Violators in Afghanistan RAWA communiqué on Universal Human Rights Day, Dec.10, 2007 امریکا و عوامل بنیادگرایش، ناقضان اصلی حقوق بشر در افغانستان امریکا او بنسټپالی گوډاگیان یی په افغانستان کی دبشر دحقوقو اصلی سرغړوونكى Afghan Refugee Camp Forcibly Evacuated: Help RAWA Resettle the Families in Afghanistan September 24, 2007 RAWA denounces the gloomy day of April 28 April 28, 2007 RAWA statement | RAWA call on UN Movie Clip | Press Coverage Español | Deutsch | 日本語 | Italiano وحدت جنایتکاران ۸ ثوری و ۷ ثوری را با متشکل ساختن رزمنده‌ی مردم پاسخ بگوییم! خون اجمل به گردن دولت خاین است طرح ننگین «مصالحه ملی»، آخرین میخ بر تابوت دموکراسی کاذب Disgraceful Bill of "National Conciliation": The last nail into the coffin of fake democracy Five Years Later, Afghanistan Still in Flames Speech by Zoya at a benefit for RAWA in Los Angeles on October 7, 2006 Download Audio | Photos Afghan orphans reshape their lives at RAWA orphanages Dr Najibullah Lafraie: Fundamentalist in the Guise of Academician The "Miracle" or a Mockery of Afghanistan? RAWA's response to "The Afghanistan Miracle" (The Seattle Times, Oct. 4, 2005) The US Government Wants War, the People of US and the World Want Peace! Swedish | Português | Español | Italiano | Français | 日本語 | Deutsch دولت امريكا جنگ ميخواهد، مردم امريكا و دنيا صلح! RAWA standpoints on some burning issues of after the 9/11 tragedy پشتو | Español | فارسي | 日本語 | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Català | Português | Basque ... more RAWA Statements and Past Events

Reality of life in so-called "liberated" Afghanistan

HRW: Karzai Must Hold Officials Accountable for Past Crimes New Taliban Rules Target Afghan Teachers: 2 teachers killed Drug addiction on rise with Afghan kids Warlords gang-rape a woman in Badakhshan 100 suicide attemps among women in 8 months in Kandahar Cases of violence against women in north of Afghanistan Post-Taliban Kabul blossoms for the rich Police rapes a girl in Takhar, Women are sold in Faryab Sanobar, 11-years-old girl is abducted and raped by warlords (with photos) No 'real change' for Afghan women 90 civilians perish in NATO air strike: Residents (with photos) Stone Age still lingers on in Bamyan, many live in caves Takhar residents took to streets against armed men UNIFEM: "65% widows in Kabul see suicide the only option to get rid of their miseries" People of Paghman protest against Sayyaf, police kill 2 protesters (with photos) Hundreds Demonstrate in Takhar against Warlords, Murder of Children (with photo) UN details atrocities committed over 23 years of conflict in Afghanistan Attacks, 40% unemployment rate plague Afghanistan US not interested in peace in Afghanistan: Kathy Gannon Gulbuddin's terrorist party has 34 members in the parliament UNICEF warns of continued threat facing women and children Women rights situation in Afghanistan worries AIHRC The Whole Justice System of Afghanistan is Rotten Some cabinet ministers in Afghanistan are deeply implicated in the drugs trade Gulbar, an Afghan woman is burnt by her husband (Photos and movie clip) Gap between rich and poor widens in Afghanistan Female foe of warlords faces them in Afghan assembly Opium farmers sell daughters to cover debts to traffickers The women of Afghanistan find a leader US Exporting Fake Democracy -- By Force New report by AJP accuses high-ranking officials of violating human rights Violence against women in Afghanistan remains dramatic – UN expert Bring War Criminals to Justice (HRW names top criminals in Afghanistan) Afghanistan "Narco-State": UN Afghan women still in chains under Karzai Painful story of the Herati shelter girls UN accuses top Afghan ministers of land grab More... "Globalization" of Poverty Hits Afghanistan An Afghan woman abused by her husband Ear and nose of Nafisa was cut off by her husband A 12-y-old girl victim of violence Many Afghan Women Commit Self-immolations (Photos and Movie Clip) 11-year-old Sanobar is abducted and raped 7-year-old Fraidon was brutally murdered by warlords 7-year-old Samia Victim of Violence Gulbar's husband burnt her Destitution in Kabul Victims of the US strikes RAWA Schools more photos...

Celebrating the Marathi Translation of "Meena - Heroine of Afghanistan" Sinhalese version of "Meena - Heroine of Afghanistan" was published in Sri Lanka RAWA activist speaks in a conference in Jawaharlal Nehru University - New Delhi RAWA activist addresses anti-war demo in Barcelona, March 15, 2008 RAWA member Sohaila in Australia (SAWAN, No.15, August 2007) Interview with Sohaila, Member of RAWA (Late Night Live, ABC Radio - Australia, Aug.8, 2007) Interview with a RAWA member (New Internationalist Radio - Australia, Aug.8, 2007) A voice for the voiceless (Green Left Weekly, July 27, 2007) Dr. Karan Singh presents an honorary award to RAWA (New Delhi, April 22, 2007) Working undercover, RAWA exposes fundamentalists of every stripe New Internationalist Magazine, Issue 400, May 2007 RAWA photo exhibit in California State University, Bakersfield "Turn your grief into positive energy" By Kate Hannan, about her volunteer work with RAWA (Dec.12, 2006) Meena among 60 Asian Heroes (Time Magazine, Nov.13, 2006 ) Eve Ensler Speech: "American Regime Export Military Democracy" (Oct.7, 2006 ) Interview of Truth Radio in Canada with a RAWA activist (Oct.8, 2006) A beacon of strength (Australian Educator, Winter 2006) An exclusive interview with Mehmooda, a member of RAWA (The Times of India, June 24, 2006) RAWA: a Model for Activism and Social Transformation (ZNet, June 1, 2006) Speech of RAWA member in a Conference on South Asian Education Systems RAWA Interview with some prostitutes "Revolutionary", a poem by Thomas Fortenberry dedicated to RAWA

Books on RAWA and Afghan women:

Meena - Heroine of Afghanistan The Martyr who founded RAWA by Melody Ermachild Chavis Italian version published		Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence By Sonali Kolhatkar with James Ingalls
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Battle for Freedom by Zoya with John Follain and Rita Cristofari		With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan By Anne Brodsky

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