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Press releases from Afghan Women’s Mission

Berkeley Music to Benefit Afghan Women

Berkeley rockers Green and Arin Simonian and Buffalo guitar poet Alison Pipitone star at a benefit concert for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan Continue reading

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Afghan Women Supporters March in Global Women’s Strike

A revolutionary Los Angeles contingent of Afghan women’s rights supporters plan to march in the annual Global Women’s Strike, Friday, March 8, 2002 in downtown LA. Continue reading

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Making Peace Possible at Downtown Rally

A peace rally benefiting the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan will take place on March 12th at St. Andrew’s Hall in downtown Detroit.

The march, coordinated by the Green House Peace Project, will begin at 5 pm at the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery.
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Appeal for Afghan Women’s Rights Echoes Democratic Roots

On Sunday, March 3, lectures and a play will highlight Afghan women’s struggles for social equality and rights as Neesha Mirchandani of the Afghan Women’s Mission visits the city where modern democracy evolved.
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Women Shaping the World: Voices from Afghanistan, East Timor and Guatemala

Women educators and activists from three parts of the world will discuss their thoughts on women’s issues in their country on Wednesday, March 6th, at 8 pm in, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to celebrate International Women’s Day. Continue reading

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Revolutionary Afghan Honored with Music

A medley of musical performers, from classical to rock and roll, will hold a benefit concert for the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, on February 2, 2002 at 8:00 at the Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Continue reading

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Artwork and Activism for Afghan Women at Atlanta Gallery

A collection of mixed media expressing an artist’s feelings about the Taliban’s oppression of women will be sold to benefit Afghan women beginning with a lecture by activist Eve Ensler and a sneak preview of the art on Tuesday, February 5th, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at 3Ten Haustudio, Atlanta, GA. Continue reading

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Bay Area Women Singers to Benefit Afghan Women

A concert of music by women of the Bay Area, called “Women’s Voices Rise Up,” will benefit the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. Continue reading

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Interview Opportunity: Afghan Activist

Tahmeena Faryal, an activist for the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan, will speak at locations around Southern California from November 12-16.

Faryal, a resident of Pakistan, speaks out against the fundamentalist Taliban and Northern Alliance. In her talks, she will address the current conditions of the Afghan people, in Afghanistan and in Pakistani refugee camps. She will also discuss women’s status, Afghan attitudes and hopes about US actions in Afghanistan, and non-violent resistance.
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Afghan Women’s Mission to U.S. Government: Halt Bombing Immediately

The Afghan Women’s Mission calls upon the government of the United States to immediately suspend military air strikes on Afghanistan in order to allow convoys to deliver food and medicines to millions of Afghans before winter sets in. Continue reading

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