Berkeley rockers Green and Arin Simonian and Buffalo guitar poet Alison Pipitone star at a benefit concert for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Read More...A revolutionary Los Angeles contingent of Afghan women’s rights supporters plan to march in the annual Global Women’s Strike, Friday, March 8, 2002 in downtown LA.
Read More...A peace rally benefiting the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan will take place on March 12th at St. Andrew’s Hall in downtown Detroit.
The march, coordinated by the Green House Peace Project, will begin at 5 pm at the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery.
Read More...On Sunday, March 3, lectures and a play will highlight Afghan women’s struggles for social equality and rights as Neesha Mirchandani of the Afghan Women’s Mission visits the city where modern democracy evolved.
Read More...Women Shaping the World: Voices from Afghanistan, East Timor and Guatemala
February 11, 2002
Women educators and activists from three parts of the world will discuss their thoughts on women’s issues in their country on Wednesday, March 6th, at 8 pm in, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Read More...A medley of musical performers, from classical to rock and roll, will hold a benefit concert for the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, on February 2, 2002 at 8:00 at the Birmingham Unitarian Church in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Read More...A collection of mixed media expressing an artist’s feelings about the Taliban’s oppression of women will be sold to benefit Afghan women beginning with a lecture by activist Eve Ensler and a sneak preview of the art on Tuesday, February 5th, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at 3Ten Haustudio, Atlanta, GA.
Read More...A concert of music by women of the Bay Area, called “Women’s Voices Rise Up,” will benefit the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.
Read More...Tahmeena Faryal, an activist for the Revolutionary Association of Women in Afghanistan, will speak at locations around Southern California from November 12-16.
Faryal, a resident of Pakistan, speaks out against the fundamentalist Taliban and Northern Alliance. In her talks, she will address the current conditions of the Afghan people, in Afghanistan and in Pakistani refugee camps. She will also discuss women’s status, Afghan attitudes and hopes about US actions in Afghanistan, and non-violent resistance.
Read More...The Afghan Women’s Mission calls upon the government of the United States to immediately suspend military air strikes on Afghanistan in order to allow convoys to deliver food and medicines to millions of Afghans before winter sets in.
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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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