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Why Some Afghan Women Prefer Death To Marriage
They had fled the Taliban, returned home to a “new Afghanistan,” and were looking forward to continuing their education when Khusboo and Heena heard the calamitous news. School, the two Afghan sisters were told, was a luxury the family could not afford. Continue reading
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No warlords in Afghan cabinet, say Afghan women
Members of the Revolutionary Association of the women of Afghanistan (RAWA), who, in the past, have been vocal against the policies of the Taliban government, are now demanding that Karzai exclude all such warlords out of his cabinet. Carrying anti- warlordism banners and chanting slogans, they marched to the United Nations building in Islamabad. Continue reading
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Malalai Hospital in Critical Condition
RAWA’s Malalai Hospital project is in critical condition – funds have been drastically dropping as media attention turns elsewhere. We need your help. It costs about $20,000 each month to run Malalai Hospital – to pay for doctors’ and nurses’ salaries, to buy supplies like bandages or surgical instruments, even to keep the water and heat running in the building. Malalai Hospital treats 300-350 people – women who couldn’t get care elsewhere – each day. Continue reading
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Afghan health system fails women as maternal deaths increase
Faizabad, Afghanistan – Lying in the hospital bed with her baby on her breast, Momagul is one of the lucky ones. Her husband allowed her to go to hospital, her home was only 20km away, and she received medical attention in time to save her life. Continue reading
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Afghans turn out for historic vote
Afghans poured into polling stations throughout the country today to take part in one of the most extraordinary elections the world has seen. Continue reading
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Afghan Elections: US Solution to a US Problem
This election process was imposed by the United States to solve “Afghan problems” as defined by the United States. In reality, the problems facing Afghans are the results of decisions made in Washington in the 1980s and 1990s.1 Continue reading
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Remembering Afghanistan 3 Years Into the War on Terrorism: Two Local Events
Los Angeles – Two events commemorate the start of the “war on terrorism” in Afghanistan. October 7th, 2004 will mark the third Anniversary of the “War on Terrorism” – a day when Coalition forces united to enter Afghanistan in search of Osama Bin Laden and the Al Queda Network. In the three years since the claim of “liberation,” Afghanistan has fallen into a complete security nightmare due to a lack of interest and focus by NATO and the International community. Security is still limited to the capital city of Kabul, while places like Herat have seen a rise in suicide among women. After twenty-five years, Doctors Without Borders has pulled out of the country.
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Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan
By Melody Ermachild “A vivid celebration of a contemporary heroine.” – Kirkus Reviews Book Description Meena founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in 1977 as a twenty-year-old Kabul University student. She was assassinated in 1987 at age … Continue reading
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Afghan Child Laborers Endure Pakistan’s Summer Heat, Risk of Abuse, Long Hours and Low Pay
Peshawar, Pakistan: Afghan refugees in Peshawar still live in terrible conditions. Many of them are afraid to go back to their villages inside Afghanistan because of brutal warlords and a ruined economy which has yet to be rebuilt. Jobs are not available and prices of goods are sky high. Thus many choose the hell of life as a refugee in Pakistan rather than the burning hell of Afghanistan. Continue reading
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With All Our Strength
By Anne Brodsky “Here is a testimony to RAWA – Afghanistan’s real democrats.” – Arundhati Roy With All Our Strength is the inside story of this women-led underground organization and their fight for the rights of Afghan women. Anne Brodsky, … Continue reading
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