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• Make a Donation
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Programs We Fund

• Girls School in Danger of Closing
• Health care
• Education
• Self-Sufficiency
• Emergency Relief
• Orphanages

Reports

• RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover
• Joya Successfully Wraps Up 2011 US Tour – A Reportback
• Joya’s Southern California Tour – A Photo Report
• 5th Annual Fair Trade and Conscious Gifts Holiday Bazaar – A Photo Report
• Danish School for Girls in Farah Province, Afghanistan
• Afghan Parliamentarian Malalai Joya Returns to California

Films About Afghanistan

• Rethink Afghanistan
• Afghan Women: A History of Struggle
• Enemies of Happiness
• View From a Grain of Sand
• Sadaa E Zan (Voices of Women)
• Rise: Revolutionary Women Reenvisioning Afghanistan

Books About Afghanistan

• A Woman Among Warlords
• Bleeding Afghanistan
• Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan
• With All Our Strength
• Zoya’s Story

Death threats and assassination attempts have forced Malalai Joya underground, but she is unwavering in her mission to bring true democracy to her country.

[Based on a report by RAWA]
Recently Pakistani authorities ordered the Jalozai refugee camp to be closed down. This camp includes Khewa and Sharwali camps which are home to several RAWA projects including Malalai Clinic. RAWA reports that in the past few moths they tried to convince the government to allow the Afghan refugees to remain in the camps for 2 more years as promised. But the Pakistani government will not budge.

Can an Afghan woman, armed with only a strong voice and a fierce loyalty to her homeland, overcome entrenched views and death threats to help bring democracy to Afghanistan? Enemies of Happiness is an award-winning documentary by Danish film maker Eva Mulvad about Malalai Joya, the young social worker-turned-Parliamentarian. “Enthralling…Ms. Joya is a truly remarkableRead More…

Events and Announcements

• Malalai Joya’s Defense Committee’s Campaign for Internally Displaced Afghans
• Malalai Joya Sends a Message to the World
• RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover
• AWM Thanks the Lisa Akbari Foundation
• One Young Man’s Holiday Wish: Raise Funds for RAWA
• RAWA Statement on 12th Anniversary of US War

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Afghanistan News Wire

• Malalai Joya Sends a Message to the World
• 20 Years of U.S. Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan—And So Will Be the Exit
• Malalai Joya on Democracy Now!
• Girls School in Danger of Closing
• Huffington Post: A Woman Among Warlords: An Interview With Malalai Joya
• The Cost of Courage: Malalai Joya’s Life-Risking Activism

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Press Releases

• Tenth Anniversary of Afghanistan War: RAWA Member Available for Interviews
• U.S. Responds to Broad Public Campaign, Grants Malalai Joya Visa!
• US government denies entry visa to Afghan women’s rights activist and author Malalai Joya
• Leading Afghan Feminist Urges Immediate end to U.S. War
• A Woman Among Warlords – Malalai Joya Available for Interviews
• Afghan Women’s Rights Activist Calls for an End to US Occupation

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