Resources about Afghan Women
The listserve "News We Can Use" featured the following organizations helping Afghan women. The listserv can be accessed at newswecanuse@newswecanuse.com.
Help Afghan Women
The Feminist Majority Foundation, a group that runs a campaign on behalf of Afghan women, has launched a Web site to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan. The site, HelpAfghanWomen.com, urges visitors to donate to the cause and join an action team to help Afghan women. Visitors can also purchase crafts made by Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. All proceeds go directly to Afghan women and girls.
http://www.helpafghanwomen.com/
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Some 2,000 members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, an underground network, risk their lives on a daily basis to fight for the rights of Afghan women. A 21-year-old woman named Marina explains the dangers involved to the Houston Chronicle. "They consider us infidels, prostitutes and anti-Islamic," Marina says of militant Islamic organizations. "The fundamentalists have influence in all fields. There are people in the police and among journalists. Many are trying to find out who we are."
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan:
http://rawa.fancymarketing.net/index.html
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory2/1077022
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