Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

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Afghan Refugee Camp Forcibly Evacuated: Help RAWA Resettle the Families in Afghanistan September 24, 2007 LNCR/RAWA Project for the Treatment of Sick Afghan Children in the USA July 13, 2007 RAWA Appeal: Stop Human Catastrophe: Help Afghan Refugees! 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 RAWA celebrates the International Women's Day March 9, 2007 - Kabul Movie Clips RAWA Statement on the International Women's Day (Mar.8, 2007) تا سلطه بنیادگرایی حاکم است ستم و جنایت بر زنان را پایانی نخواهد بود  تر څو پورې چی د بنسټپالو واکمني وي، په ښځو باندی ظلم او جنایت به پای و نه مومي 日本語 | Español | Deutsch | Dutch | Français | Italiano طرح ننگین «مصالحه ملی»، آخرین میخ بر تابوت دموکراسی کاذب Disgraceful Bill of "National Conciliation": The last nail into the coffin of fake democracy Afghanistan the Bloodiest Field for Slaughtering Human Rights RAWA communiqué on Universal Human Rights Day, Dec.10, 2006 افغانستان، خونین ترین میدان سلاخی حقوق بشر افغانستان د بشر د حقوقو د سلاخی کولو له وينو ډک ډګر Italiano | Deutsch | Português | 日本語 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 August 22, 2006 Defense of Abdul Rahman Misses the Mark! By a RAWA activist, March 26, 2006 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 Almost half of all Afghan children not in school - Oxfam Abuse of Afghan women: 'It was my decision to die. I was getting beaten every day' Afghan Women Commit Suicide by Fire Post-Taliban Kabul blossoms for the rich They'd rather die: brief lives of the Afghan slave wives Burnt children after a NATO bomb attack (shocking photos) 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 More civilians die in Afghanistan; UN expresses concern (with photos) 90 civilians perish in NATO air strike: Residents (with photos) 30 killed as two warlords clash in Herat Social problems behind women's suicide in Helmand Stone Age still lingers on in Bamyan, many live in caves Takhar residents took to streets against armed men Rights Watchdog Alarmed At Continuing 'Honor Killings' in Afghanistan How US dollars disappear in Afghanistan: quickly and thoroughly UNIFEM: "65% widows in Kabul see suicide the only option to get rid of their miseries" Taliban Kill a Woman and Hang Her 13-Year-Old Son 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 Afghan police part of the problem Attack of Police to Girl's Dormitory in Balkh Anti-US riots grip Kabul city, 8 killed many injured (with photos) Seven aid workers, including 3 women, killed in Afghanistan US airstrike on Afghan village kills dozens civilians (with photos) Attacks, 40% unemployment rate plague Afghanistan Poverty, violence put Afghanistan's fabled Kuchi nomads on a road to nowhere Lifting the veil on the Afghan sex trade Malalalai Joya, female MP was physically and verbally attacked in the parliament floor US not interested in peace in Afghanistan: Kathy Gannon HRW: Most of the 34 New Police Chiefs Are Human Rights Abusers 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 Northern Alliance may supply arms to Taliban In Herat, curbs on sports perturb girl students Millions of dollars worth of aid money is being wasted The Whole Justice System of Afghanistan is Rotten 7-year-old Samia, victim of family violence (Photos and movie clip) 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 Afghan carpet weavers are unpaid slaves, rights activist says WP: The US Rebuilding Plan Full of Cracks Female foe of warlords faces them in Afghan assembly Opium farmers sell daughters to cover debts to traffickers Was Women's Vote a Roar, or a Whisper? 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) CRISIS PROFILE: Afghanistan still the ‘sick man' of Asia A woman was stoned to death in Afghanistan Afghanistan facing health disaster worse than the Tsunmai Warlord rapes going unchecked in Afghanistan, HRW 12-years old Rahima was gang-raped by warlords Afghanistan "Narco-State": UN Afghan women still in chains under Karzai Women Prisoners Complain of Bad Conditions and Sexual Abuse Taliban Kill 3 aid workers, hundreds protest arrest of woman by US troops Female election worker commits suicide after rape attempt on her (photo) Afghanistan's presidential election: a mockery of democracy Afghan Women No Better Off; US accused of not fulfilling promises Painful story of the Herati shelter girls UN accuses top Afghan ministers of land grab More... Many Afghan Women Commit Self-immolations (Photos and Movie Clip) Gap Between Rich and Poor in Kabul 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 Taliban style hangings in "liberated" country Victims of the US strikes RAWA Schools Malalai Hospital Serves Afghan Refugees Public Execution by Taliban more photos...

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 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the US Congress to RAWA A Certificate of Recognition to RAWA from the California Legislature Assembly "Advancing the Status of Women" award to RAWA by Soroptimist International 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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