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- Afghan Wifes Fight for Freedom - Hundreds of women taken from their families and forcibly married to Taleban men are taking legal steps to regain their freedom, reports Danesh Kerokhel for IWPR.
www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200207_17_1_eng.txt
- Afghan Women in Political Spotlight - Report on the female delegates at the Loya Jirga.
www10.nytimes.com/2002/06/26/international/asia/26AFGH.html
- Afghan Women Want their Voices Heard - Report on a meeting of Afghan women, calling for their right to be involved in the negotiations for Afghan future, by BBC News, with links for other articles.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1691000/1691274.stm
- Bare Faced Resistance - Natasha Walter gives a detailed report on the situation of women in Kabul.
www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,757607,00.html
- Bush, Burqas and the Oppression of Afghan Women - According to Gary Leupp, the US governments statements on the status of women appear hypocritic when seen before the background of US politics in the country during the last twenty years.
www.counterpunch.org/leupp0716.html
- Inside Pakistan and Afghanistan with RAWA - Anne Brodsky comments on the everyday life of women, and the work of RAWA.
www.counterpunch.org/brodsky0729.html
- Payam-e-Zan (Women´s Message) - Publication by RAWA, in Pashtu, Persian and Urdu.
www.rawa.org/payam.htm
- Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan - RAWA is an independent organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan. Has pictures and movie clips of horrors and ways you can help.
www.rawa.org
- The Afghan Women Library - Collection of articles about Afghan women and links to organizations supporting them.
www.afghanwomenlibrary.com
- TIME Photo Essay: Kabul Unveiled - Women after the downfall of the Taliban, by John Stanmeyer.
www.time.com/time/photoessays/afghanwomen
- Unveiling Afghanistan - Western governments and media care about Afghan women's rights, but prefer not to hear their voices when they want to fight for their own liberation. A provocative article by Sara Pursley.
www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=12507
- Womens Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan - WAPHA is dedicated to promoting awareness of the tragic human rights situation in Afghanistan and to fight for the Afghan womens rights. Petitions and other ways you can help.
www.wapha.org
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