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 | Deutsch 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

The Matrix of Death: (Im)Precision of U.S Bombing and the (Under)Valuation of an Afghan Life RAWA News: US/NATO bombs kill about ten times more Afghan civilians with a ton of our “precision” bombs than we killed Serbs in 1999. More than 80% of Afghan civilian deaths today caused by the US/NATO are due to close air support attacks. They (Afghans) are only worth one-tenth of an Alaskan sea otter rather than forty camels. We spend ten dollars on the military in Afghanistan to pursue our geo-strategic aims and less than $1 on reconstructing the everyday lives of Afghans devastated by thirty years of war. Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade New York Times: The White House says it believes that Ahmed Wali Karzai is involved in drug trafficking, and American officials have repeatedly warned President Karzai that his brother is a political liability, two senior Bush administration officials said in interviews last week. Neither the Drug Enforcement Administration, which conducts counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, nor the fledgling Afghan anti-drug agency has pursued investigations into the accusations against the president’s brother. The struggle to save Afghan mothers BBC News: In valleys and villages across Badakshan, a province located in the Hindu Kush mountain range, such stories are common. Maternal mortality, when a woman dies during or shortly after pregnancy, is believed to be the highest in the world here. According to statistics published by the UN in 2002, the province had the highest rate of mortal maternity ever recorded. British Ambassador to Kabul 'says Afghanistan mission is doomed' The Afghan Plight -- Why the West is on the verge of failing at the Hindukush Kidnappers target the rich, influential in Afghanistan Fears Over “Islamicisation” of Judiciary Waste management slipping out of control in Kabul About 30 Historical Relics Stolen from Herat Museum Poverty, unemployment driving Afghanistan towards instability Taliban revival sets fear swirling through Kabul Afghan woman police director gunned down by Taliban Attorney of Kunduz: some authorities in Sher Khan Port involved in drug-trafficking with mafia Seven men gang-raped a 12-year-old girl in Kabul People eat grass to quench hunger in Bamyan German government invites an Afghan Warlord, The Left protests Claim of Rape of a 12-year Old girl in Qunduz, Northern Afghanistan Secret society campaigns for female rights Attacks deprive 300,000 students of education in Afghanistan Taliban turn much of Afghanistan into ‘No Go’ zone Children worst sufferers in Afghan conflict A Young Afghan Girl is Injured After being Raped UN Reports Sharp Rise in Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Afghanistan is in Its Worst Shape Since 2001, European Diplomat Says Taliban cut off Afghan teacher's ears as punishment Iran 'sending weapons to Taliban' Trafficking in Persons in Afghanistan: Field Survey Report Afghanistan After Seven Years of War: You Call This a Good War? Afghans say life no better after invasion Ethnic antagonism spurs land disputes in north of Afghanistan Facing Up to Rape in Afghanistan Afghans will dig up graves to prove civilian deaths HRW criticises US, NATO for 'collateral damage' in Afghanistan 47 self-immolation cases were recorded in Herat city hospital in six months Videos show dead Afghan children after US raid in Azizabad Afghan Parliament drafts Taliban-style bill Seven killed in NATO strike in western province of Afghanistan Embezzlement of 17 Million in the Kabul Municipality 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... Gang-rape of 12-y-old Afghan girl "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 Samia Victim of Violence Gulbar's husband burnt her Destitution in Kabul Victims of the US strikes RAWA Schools more photos...

RAWA in the 2008 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima The NATO Occupation and Fundamentalism: An interview with Mariam of RAWA (Z Magazine, Aug.14, 2008) 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 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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