Global Research: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), is the oldest women’s organization in Afghanistan that fights for freedom, democracy, social justice, and secularism. RAWA’s founder was Meena who formed this group at a young age in 1977, with the help of some other female university students in Kabul. more...

RAWA.org: On March 8, 2016 RAWA member Heela Faryal attended a one-day organized by Tehrik-e-Niswan in Karachi, Pakistan. The conference titled “Hum Auraten (We, the Women) – No More Violence”, was organized by Sheema Kermani, founder of Tehrik-e-Niswan, and attended by 600 people, mostly young girls and political activists. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated the martyrdom anniversary of its leader, Meena, in a function in Kabul today. The function was attended by a small number of members and supporters. more...

RAWA.org: 29 years ago today, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) lost its great leader, Meena; a woman who had become the thorn of eye of the Russian occupiers, their internal lackeys, and fundamentalists, with her widespread and effective activities among the women of our country. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) has a world-wide network of supporters who comprise of freedom-loving, anti-fundamentalist, and anti-war groups and individuals. On Meena’s 29th martyrdom anniversary, RAWA received several messages of solidarity from these wonderful supporters. A few of these warm messages were read in the function held to commemorate Meena’s martyrdom in Kabul. more...

RAWA.org: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) was invited to the Women in Black Gathering held in Bangalore, India from November 15th to 19th. Heela Faryal attended the conference organized by Women in Black India, led by Dr. Corrinne Kumar who is also the founding member of Vamochena. more...

RAWA.org: I am a member of RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan), which is the oldest organisation in Afghanistan that fights for the rights of women, social rights and freedoms while taking a stand against the Afghan fundamentalists and their international backers. We work in all parts of Afghanistan, but face enormous difficulties. more...

RAWA.org: 23 years ago, on April 28th, the criminal Jehadi gangs took power in Kabul and committed atrocities in a bloodbath never seen before in our country. These brutes had been financed and armed for fourteen years by the western countries led by the US, through the reactionary governments of the region namely Pakistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. The fundamentalist pigs under the leadership of Sayyaf, Gulbuddin, Massoud, Mazari, Rabbani, Dostum, Fahim, Qanooni, Ismail Khan, Mohsini, Mohaqiq, Khalili, Mullah Izat, Bismillah Khan, Abdullah Abdullah, Atta Noor, Zalmai Toofan, and tens of other murderers... more...

RAWA.org: The First Middle East Democratic Youth Conference was held in Diyarbakir, Turkey from March 13th to 15th, 2015. The conference which was organized by the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and People’s Democratic Congress (HDK) was attended by a RAWA member (Heela Faryal) representing Afghanistan among Middle Eastern countries. more...

RAWA.org: Last week the people of Kabul witnessed, yet again, the brutality, barbarism, and misogyny of the Jehadi and Hitler kind. Farkhunda, a young girl was beaten to pieces by a gang of inhuman cowards in broad daylight and in the presence of the police. Her body was later burnt. more...

RAWA.org: February 4, 2015 marked the 28th martyrdom anniversary of Meena, the founding leader of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). On February 6, 2015, members and supporters of RAWA gathered to commemorate this anniversary. A function was held in secret locations in Kabul and Jalalabad cities. The hall was decorated with photos, slogans and posters of our dear leader, Meena. more...

Truthdig: With very little fanfare and barely any major news coverage, U.S. Army units have begun leaving Afghanistan. The drawdown signals the wrapping up of what became—officially at least—the United States’ longest war. A few thousand American troops will stay indefinitely. And, says “Reena,” a spokeswoman for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), the U.S. is leaving Afghanistan worse off than when the Taliban was in power. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): The suffering people of Afghanistan had not recovered from the 10-year occupation of the Soviet superpower, when they were attacked by another callous and bloodthirsty superpower in 2001. Our people, tired of war, have been burning in the fire of oppression and plunder set by the occupiers and their stooges. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): “28th April more odious than 27th April!” was the slogan the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) raised after witnessing the brutalities and barbarism of the Jehadi gangs in 1992. more...

RAWA.org: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated their leader and founder’s martyrdom anniversary on February 6, 2014 by a function. The function was held in the afternoon and members and supporters gathered. This function was held in secrecy, far from the eye of the police and the spying agency (KHAD) of the Jehadi-Mafia Kabul government. Meena’s followers decorated the hall of a basement with slogans, posters, and photos of our homeland’s champion. The main slogan of the function read: “Dear Meena, rest in peace! We will avenge your death by fearlessly continuing your honorable path!” more...

RAWA.org: Today we have gathered here to remember our leader and founder. Twenty seven years back, the enemies of Afghanistan, freedom and human values, strangled Meena and her two accomplices. The enemy thought that by throttling Meena’s voice, they will silence the voice of freedom and struggle forever, or for at least a long period of time. more...

RAWA.org: Allow us to first of all thank you all for attending the event commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of Meena, the greatest woman of the recent history of Afghanistan who sacrificed everything for her people and country. 27 years ago, a joint conspiracy between Ikhwani enemies and Russian lackeys dealt RAWA and the unfortunate women of Afghanistan, the most horrific blow possible. On this dark day, the filthy hands of these murderers strangled our beloved Meena’s throat, and deprived our homeland from a wise revolutionary leader. more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): With the aggression of the US and NATO occupiers on October 7, 2001 in our homeland, it has been twelve years now that our country is facing war, destruction, and the killing of thousands of its innocent civilians. The US used the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as a pretext to change the regime in Afghanistan and pave the way for its long-term military presence in the region. more...

Astra: “From the killing of my father and other male members of my family, the tragedy has always accompanied my life. For this reason, my only dream is a secure, safe life for my children: a boy of 14 and a girl of 4. I want very little. I don’t care about success.” Maryam Rawi (it’s a nick-name for security reasons) was born 38 years ago in Kabul. She works for RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan)... more...

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA): It has been twelve years since the US started its “war on terror” with claims of securing “women’s rights”, “human rights”, “justice” and “stability” in Afghanistan; and that too by relying on fundamentalists such as Sayyaf, Qanouni, Fahim, Khalili, Abdullah, Mohaqiq, Atta, Ismail, Khuram, Almas, Rabbani... more...

RAWA.org: What insulting painful games are not played with our suffering nation. This time, it is the performance of the agonizing drama of the Paris Conference, with the endorsement and support of the US, which has gathered the enemies from the Northern Alliance, Taliban, Gulbuddin’s party, Al-Qaeda, the United Front, the Afghan High Peace Council, the National Coalition, the Truth and Justice Party, and others, to bring ‘peace’ for our people. more...

RAWA.org: In the series of praising and esteeming the slaughterers of our nation, the corrupt, pro-warlord and pro-national-traitors government, has yet again named an educational institution and a road in the capital, after Burhanuddin Rabbani, one of the destroyers of Afghanistan. Fortunately, this time, our conscious and weary youngsters stood up against this shameful act by Karzai. more...

Second Council House of Virgo: Almost universally known by just her first name, Meena Keshwar Kamal was born in 1957, two years before Afghan women gained the right to appear unveiled in public. Women rights in Afghanistan were in the ascendancy with women gaining the right to vote in five years later, as increasing educational opportunities became available for girls and women. more...

RAWA.org: While the men and women of many Islamic countries rose against their deteriorated and despotic regimes and the world rightfully called it the “Arab Spring”, the Khalqi-Parchami traitors and criminal fundamentalists, made Afghanistan’s spring a mournful and torturous dark time, and these two days of the month became a symbol of ill-fortune in the recent history of our country. more...

RAWA News: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) held the International Women’s Day in Nangarhar province. Around hundred women and young girls attended the function. Two poems and songs were performed. Sharifa spoke shortly about the history of 8th March and its importance for women of Afghanistan. Azita gave a speech outlining the policies of RAWA and describing the conditions of women under the US invasion... more...

RAWA.org: Afghanistan’s women spent another year under the burden of occupiers, dominance of a Jehadi-Mafia government and terror of the Taliban, the result of which was an increase in poverty, homelessness, immigration, loss of dear ones, domestic violence, rape, self-immolation, a high maternal and infant mortality rate and thousand other miseries. more...

RAWA News: On February 6, 2011, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) commemorated the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of Meena in Kabul. Due to heavy snowfall that blocked the roads, the function had to be delayed. More than hundred girls and women attended the function which started in the morning and stretched till afternoon. more...

RAWA News: On December 12, 2011, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) distributed emergency aid items to a small village called Shar Shar, in Chah Aab district of northern Takhar province. More than hundred families and 800 people benefited from the aid. more...

Democracy Now: It was 10 years ago today when former President George W. Bush announced the beginning of the war on Afghanistan. It has now has become the longest-running war in U.S. history and there is no end in sight. The Taliban remains in control of major parts of the nation. Peace talks have collapsed. Civilian and troop casualties continue to mount. more...

RAWA News: Ten years ago, when the terrorist attacks took place on September 11th, 2001, my colleagues and I in the Afghan Women’s Mission watched in shock and horror as thousands of innocent people lost their lives. We knew right away however, that retaliation would be aimed at Afghanistan and that all Afghans, including the women of the underground organization RAWA who we worked in solidarity with, would become targets of American bombs. more...

NB Media Co-Op: On Saturday, March 19, about 60 people gathered at the artist-run gallery, Gallery Connexion in Fredericton, to support the work of the Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan (RAWA). RAWA began in Kabul, Afghanistan in 1977 under the leadership of Meena, a health worker and activist who was assassinated with two of her family members. more...

WISA: Tuesday March 8 is International Women’s Day’s centenary and WISA will be joining women all across the world, to celebrate this significant landmark, remembering the advances that have been made and recognising the work that’s still to be done for women’s rights. WISA invites you and your friends to join us on this very special day for an evening of unique and inspiring stories of women’s empowerment... more...

AlterNet: After the July Time magazine cover of the noseless Afghan woman was exposed as a fake (it turns out that the woman’s nose wasn’t removed by the Taliban, as Time reported, but by her husband three years earlier – see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abdulhadi-hairan/times-aisha-story-is-fake_b_692123.html), I decided it was impossible to get an accurate view of the war in Afghanistan from any US source. Which led me to consult the website of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (www.rawa.org) for the first time in several years. more...

By inviting criminals like the Taliban, the leaders of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s party and other “Jehadi leaders” to be part of a “Consultative Peace Jirga,” Mr. Karzai is committing yet another treason against the Afghan people. Like any puppet, anti-people ruler, he initially compromised with all the murderers associated with April 27th 1978 and April 28 1992 and installed them in key posts of his government. more...

During Taliban rule, RAWA ran secret girls’ schools and filmed the state killings of women using cameras hidden under their burqas, creating footage that helped to fuel international outrage against the regime. Members are careful to regularly move their meetings to different houses, and no one keeps any incriminating materials in their home. more...

On Saturday, March 20, people in Fredericton Peace Coalition gathered together to support the rights, education, health and empowerment of women in Afghanistan. Fredericton’s 4th Annual Benefit Variety Show for the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan (RAWA) occurred at 7:00pm at the Student Union Building Ballroom at UNB Fredericton. more...

Today, on the 8th of March, Afghan women are mourning for the gang-rape of Bashiras and Saimas, for being flogged by most lowed elements, for being auctioned in open market and for their young daughters who put an end to their miserable lives by self-immolation. But the perpetrators of all these crimes are forgiven; therefore they enjoy complete immunity, are still holding their official positions and tightening it through plundering our people and country. more...

I was talking about Afghanistan the other day and it was pointed out that the USA has an obligation to stay in Afghanistan because of the Taliban’s religious fundamentalism and atrocious treatment of women.... women of Afghanistan want freedom and human rights. In fact they have been fighting for them for a long time.... RAWA continued to stand for democracy, human rights, and secular values. more...

On the 14th of November 2009 a solidarity fund raiser was held to support the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). The fund raiser was held as part of the ‘Edinburgh Anti-Militarist’ week long event to oppose the Annual General meeting of NATO which took place in Edinburgh between the 13th to the 17th of November this year. more...

RAWA, the nation’s oldest and most illustrious feminist group, opposes the U.S. occupation. RAWA argues that the real enemy of women’s rights in Afghanistan is religious fundamentalism.... RAWA sees the U.S. occupation entrenching a regime stuffed to the gills with fundamentalists, reactionaries, misogynists, criminals, and warlords. more...