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The goal of FindingAsia.com is providing links to browse for politics, economy, recreation, sports, entertainment, science, real estste in Asia countries. Women You are here: Home > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Women Afgan Women's Association International A non-profit, tax-exempt organization to establish and defend the basic rights of Afghan women. Includes current projects, reports, and news. http://www.awai.org/ Afghan Wives 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. (July 3, 2002) http://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. (June 26, 2002) http://www10.nytimes.com/2002/06/26/international/asia/26AFGH.html Bare Faced Resistance Natasha Walter gives a detailed report on the situation of women in Kabul. (July 20, 2002) http://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. (July 17, 2002) http://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. (July 29, 2002) http://www.counterpunch.org/brodsky0729.html Payam-e-Zan (Women's Message) Publication by RAWA, in Pashtu, Persian and Urdu. http://www.rawa.org/payam.htm Repression of Women and Girls in Western Afghanistan Report by Human Rights Watch, focusing on increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls imposed by Ismail Khan in Herat. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/afghnwmn1202/ 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. http://www.rawa.org TIME Photo Essay: Kabul Unveiled Women after the downfall of the Taliban, by John Stanmeyer. http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/afghanwomen/ 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. http://www.wapha.org

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