Category Archives: AWM News

Tired of submerging your conscience every holiday season as you battle the crowds at the mall?

Join us this winter for our 3rd Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar.

WHEN: Saturday December 1st from 11 am – 3 pm
WHERE: Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (Geneva Room) Continue reading →

[Based on a report by RAWA]
Recently Pakistani authorities ordered the Jalozai refugee camp to be closed down. This camp includes Khewa and Sharwali camps which are home to several RAWA projects including Malalai Clinic. RAWA reports that in the past few moths they tried to convince the government to allow the Afghan refugees to remain in the camps for 2 more years as promised. But the Pakistani government will not budge. Continue reading →

Organize a private screening of “View From a Grain of Sand”

Now there’s an even easier way to support Afghan women! A new documentary by Meena Nanji, View from a Grain of Sand, brings to the screen a stunning and detailed portrait of Afghanistan historically and currently, as seen through the eyes of three Afghan women: a doctor, a teacher, and a member of RAWA. Continue reading →

In the past few weeks, after Malalai Joya’s return from a successful international tour and interview with a local TV station in Kabul, the warlords and criminals in the Afghan Parliament and Senate, tried hard to silence Joya and kick her out of the Parliament.

They have used one of her recent comments during an interview as a justification for their move. In the interview, she expressed that the Afghan Parliament is worse than an animal stable whose many members are the murderers and enemies of Afghan people.

On May 21, 2007, with a gross majority, the Parliament dominated by warlords and drug-lords suspended Joya for three years and ordered the High Court to file a case against her. They also directed the Interior Ministry to restrict her movements to within the country. This means she is not allowed to travel outside Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Bleeding Afghanistan: Two Events in So Cal

AWM Co-Directors, Sonali Kolhatkar and Jim Ingalls will be discussing their book, Bleeding Afghanistan, and the latest situation in Afghanistan in the Southern California area this May:

EAGLE ROCK, LOS ANGELES

WHAT: Revolutionary Mic Nite: RAWA/AWM Benefit Event
WHEN: 7-11 pm, Friday May 18, 2007
WHERE: IMIX Bookstore, 5052 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041
FOR MORE INFO: visit www.imixbooks.com

SANTA ANA, ORANGE COUNTY

WHAT: Bleeding Afghanistan book Discussion and Slide Show
WHEN: 6 pm, Saturday May 19, 2007
WHERE: El Centro Cultural de Mexico, 310 W 5th Street Santa Ana, CA 92701
FOR MORE INFO: visit www.el-centro.org

There will be copies of Bleeding Afghanistan for sale at both events. The authors will be available to sign books. Afghan crafts and other items from Afghan Women Continue reading →

“A View From a Grain of Sand”
Special Screening for International Women’s Day on March 10, 2007 at 11 am at the Laemmle One Colorado Theater, Pasadena Continue reading →

Holiday Gifts with a Conscience!
Saturday December 9th, 11am – 4pm
Echo Park Methodist Church, 1226 N. Alvarado St. Los Angeles, CA

Browse through a large selection of affordable, sweat-shop free crafts made by artisans internationally and locally including embroidered pillow-covers, wallets and purses from Afghanistan, locally made silver jewelry, blankets, scarves and tote-bags, as well as organic fair trade coffee, tea and chocolates, and much more!

There will be refreshments all day long!

All proceeds will directly benefit the artists and workers who made the items.

Call (323) 788-3171 for more information. Organized by RAWA Supporters of Southern California & Afghan Women’s Mission. Continue reading →

October 7th 2006 marks the 5th anniversary of the start of Operation Enduring Freedom; violence is on the rise and women are still struggling for their rights.

Join us for a benefit for RAWA at Cinespace in Hollywood on Saturday October 7th with special guests Eve Ensler (“Vagina Monologues”, V-day), recording artist Michelle Shocked, actor and activist, Mimi Kennedy & Zoya (RAWA). Plus exclusive a sneak film preview of “A View from a Grain of Sand” by Meena Nanji. The event will be hosted by Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK, AWM). Continue reading →

In the years following 9/11, U.S. policy in Afghanistan has received little scrutiny, either from the media or the public. Despite official claims of democracy and women’s freedom, Afghanistan has yet to emerge from the ashes of decades-long war. Through in-depth research and detailed historical context, AWM Co-Directors, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls report on the injustice of U.S. policies in Afghanistan historically and in the post-9/11 era.
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RAWA is helping hundreds of children from very poor and often homeless backgrounds leave the streets in Afghanistan and give them a brighter future with their growing orphanage program. Their shelters are run as family homes; a local husband and wife care for the children and make sure they have a warm bed, warm and clean clothing, regular meals, a place to call home and enrollment in a local school. Continue reading →