https://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/rawanews.php News Archive of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) http://www.rawa.org/ http://www.rawa.org/images/logo_rss.gif En RAWANews 2.5.4 https://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/09/22/secret-society-campaigns-for-female-rights.html The National: The National: RAWA was founded in 1977 by a group of female Afghan intellectuals with the aim of building a government along democratic and secular lines. In the ensuing decades it has protested against foreign occupation and religious extremism, while carrying out such social work as running schools and medical services for refugees who fled to Pakistan. RAWA has never been able to operate openly in this deeply conservative society. Its leader was assassinated in the late 1980s and members now believe US-backed warlords and officials are among those who]]>