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	About RAWA... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan.
		RAWA’s objective was to involve an increasing number of Afghan women in social and political activities aimed at acquiring women’s human rights and contributing to the struggle for the establishment of a government based on democratic and secular values in Afghanistan.
		Despite the horrors and the political oppression, RAWA’s appeal and influence grew in the years of the Soviet occupation and a growing number of RAWA activists were sent to work among refugee women in Pakistan.
	www.geocities.com /Wellesley/3340/rawa.html (576 words)

	Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977.
		RAWA condemns terrorist attack to its personnel in Pakistan
		RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the Sep.11 tragedy
	www.rawa.org (918 words)

	Baltimore Independent Media Center: Interview From Recent Visitor With RAWA To Pakistan
		RAWA expects that as long as there are fundamentalists in the government, there will be need for RAWA to continue its educating children and women, especially in rural areas.
		RAWA members in Afghanistan are still not able to agree to meet journalists in Afghanistan, nor to take people into Afghanistan from Pakistan because it is not safe.
		In actuality, RAWA is an organization with members ranging from 17 (the minimum age at which you women can join) to at least their late 60's.
	baltimore.indymedia.org /newswire/display/595/index.php (1880 words)

	Interactivist Info Exchange \| Should Anarchists Support RAWA? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RAWA are freedom fighters who risk their lives educating and providing aid for women and girls in Afghanistan and in surrounding refugee camps.
		RAWA states that many women and their families are fleeing the advance of the N.A. forces, well aware of the terror the population endured pre-Taliban, and indicating that it was in many ways worse than the reign of the Taliban.
		RAWA is not monarchist, but they err in using the symbology of the king to unify a secular and anti-fundamentalist political front in that it is nationalistic and hierarchical at its root.
	slash.autonomedia.org /article.pl?sid=01/12/07/2012203&mode=nocomment&threshold= (2592 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RAWA has always had a flair for the dramatic, and this appearance was no exception.
		RAWA was only one of about 240 U.S. and Afghan women's groups the Feminist Majority contacted over the course of its campaign.
		RAWA member Saba took issue with all the prominent Afghan and Afghan-American women I mentioned, saying that they had been part of the Northern Alliance, or the Soviet regime, or hadn't taken a strong stand against fundamentalism.
	www.prospect.org /print-friendly/print/V13/15/thrupkaew-n.html (3078 words)

	Wired News: Risking All to Expose the Taliban
		RAWA was founded in 1977, but only garnered international fame in 1997 after it launched a website documenting the bizarre and tragic details of life under the Taliban.
		RAWA's founder, who was an outspoken opponent of religious and political repression, was assassinated in Pakistan in 1987.
		Many of the images are appalling: photos of a man triumphantly hoisting up the amputated hands of a thief; a video of a woman avenging her son's death by hacking off the head of the alleged killer.
	www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,45974,00.html (707 words)

	What is RAWA?
		Since 1992, RAWA has been campaigning once again for women's basic human rights; against the criminal activities of the warlords and against the anti-women atrocities of the fundamentalists.
		RAWA provides education for children in the Pakistani refugee camps and literacy training for the women there (not even 5% of the Afghan women are literate).
		RAWA has also established women-centered production projects like chicken farms and handcraft projects to enable women to feed their families.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/women_abuse/81601 (449 words)

	In These Times * Left Behind
		The past crimes perpetrated by Northern Alliance members that RAWA describes are hard to hear, let alone comprehend: Raping entire families—mothers, daughters and sons—before killing them and looting their possessions.
		Saba was born in Kabul; in 1979, her family fled Afghanistan to the refugee camps in Pakistan to escape the Soviet invasion.
		RAWA recently signed a protocol with the government of the Basque region in Spain to prosecute Northern Alliance war criminals, presumably because that government could bring cases before international courts of law.
	www.inthesetimes.com /issue/26/11/feature1.shtml (2347 words)

	ZNet \|Terror War \| Fundamentalism is the Enemy of All Civilized Humanity
		RAWA joins with the rest of the civilized world in remembering the innocent lives lost on September 11th, as well as all those others lost to terrorism and oppression throughout the world.
		RAWA has always maintained that the fundamentalists' rabid hatred of women as equal human beings -be they fundamentalists of the Jihadi brand or of the Taliban one- is not due merely to their unhealthy upbringing or morbid mind frame, but emanates from their religio-fascistic ideological world outlook.
		RAWA takes pride in the fact that up till now we have been able to establish contact with a considerable number of anti-terrorist organisations on all five continents and enjoy their moral and material support.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=40&ItemID=2318 (1426 words)

	Said it - Featured Article: Chain of International Violence in Afghanistan by Sonali Kolhatkar - Volume 3, Number 4
		Sonali: RAWA says the Northern Alliance is no better than the Taliban in terms of their human rights record, yet today the United States is supporting the Northern Alliance to advance its war in Afghanistan.
		RAWA has been calling for years for the United Nations to intervene with its peacekeeping force in order to disarm the armed groups, as well as to sanction, militarily, the countries that supply arms and financial support to the Taliban and the Northern Alliance.
		RAWA is not in favor of armed struggle or violence.
	saidit.org /archives/feb02/article3.html (2697 words)

	An interview with Anne Brodsky / RAWA : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I think that RAWA believes that if the truth in their standpoints and their call for secular democracy that protects human and women's rights puts them in a marginal position, then this is not a government that represents the people's best interests, and thus is not a government to be involved with.
		Of course RAWA members and supporters are acutely aware that there are still 100s of thousands of Afghan children in Afghanistan and Pakistan who have no school access, even with the opening of government schools by the interim government; especially in the rural areas and among refugees.
		RAWA believes that their literacy programs for children and women will continue to be necessary in Afghanistan for a long time to come.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=120709 (3791 words)

	The My Hero Project - RAWA
		RAWA's official position is that the UN should withdraw its recognition to the so-called Islamic government headed by Rabbani and help the establishment of a broad-based government based on democratic values.
		RAWA has received both international commendation for their work and has continued to make their presence known in Afghanistan and nearby areas - sending out a call for fairness, equality and basic human rights for all, as well as exposing the barbaric actions of fundamentalists against women.
		The “patriotic songs” of RAWA students were well-liked by all, and following, the students put on a theatrical performance which covered topics such as: how fundamentalism in Afghanistan was started and by whom, the crimes of warlords in Afghanistan, and the resistance of Aghan women.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=t_faryal (2697 words)

	AFGHANISTAN: Repression and RAWA
		RAWA also gives help and support to prostitutes, recognising that thousands of women, mostly war-widows, have been forced into prostitution, as working is banned and begging cannot feed them and their children.
		RAWA also holds rallies, protests and demonstrations in Pakistan to draw attention to the plight of Afghan women.
		RAWA also publishes a magazine and holds cultural events, and, increasingly, members are invited to attend international conferences and seminars.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2001/433/433p22.htm (1599 words)

	RAWA
		RAWA Supporters S.B. was founded in August of 2000 to raise awareness of the plight of Afghan women, and to raise money to support RAWA programs.
		RAWA is an independent humanitarian and political feminist organization working for multilateral disarmament, the establishment of a secular democracy in Afghanistan and freedom and rights for women.
		RAWA says "Farah is a neglected region with no aid agencies working there, very backward in its entire concept." Provision for more orphaned children is desperately needed.
	www.rawasb.org (283 words)

	RAWA Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		RAWA's hospital in Rawalpindi was targeted in March by three armed gunman who cursed RAWA as they shot and wounded a RAWA supporter who works as the Assistant Director of the hospital.
		The vocal support and outrage of RAWA's international supporters is vital to letting the Pakistani government, as well as those opposed to RAWA's work and standpoints, know that RAWA is not alone and that the protection of RAWA members, supporters, and their projects is of vital concern to many people around the world.
		In order to allow RAWA to continue their important humanitarian work and prevent such attacks in the future we are asking that the appropriate Pakistani authorities treat this attack and the investigation that surely is following with the utmost seriousness and diligence.
	www.feministpeacenetwork.org /rawaletter.htm (612 words)

	ifeminists.com > editorial > Afghan Women's Group Raises More Questions Than Answers
		RAWA has no street address, only a P.O. Box in Pakistan to which donations can be sent.
		It is time for RAWA to become more open, for its own sake and for the sake of its donors.
		RAWA's past accomplishments deserve applause but it needs to open up a little more, especially now that it is becoming part of American politics.
	www.ifeminists.com /introduction/editorials/2001/1023.html (810 words)

	The Afghan Women's Mission - Press Releases
		She first heard of RAWA via an e-mail petition describing the plight of woman in Afghanistan.
		A few months later, she received an e-mail announcing that two RAWA members were coming into the country, and asking if she would be interested in helping organize their visit.
		RAWA itself was founded in Kabul in 1977, when Kolhatkar was a 1-year-old.
	afghanwomensmission.org /news/latimes1219.php (1036 words)

	AdventureDivas: Spotlight: RAWA
		RAWA, The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, has been struggling against Islamist fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan for more than two decades with little notice from the rest of the world.
		There was another lady, a widow…she started studying in our political course and now she is a RAWA member and she is a teacher at one of the schools of RAWA.
		Because RAWA is a wanted organization in Afghanistan and RAWA is — they’re the, I should say unfortunately — the only organization who has never been compromising with Taliban or Jehadis and Northern Alliance.
	www.adventuredivas.com /dispatches/default.view (3975 words)

	Rawa Safaris Resort @ Pulau Rawa : Johor : Malaysia
		Rawa Islands that dreams are made of, secluded white beaches and palm fringed;
		The simple pleasures of Rawa Island is 16 km off Mersing Johor, a gem of an island discovered by the lucky few.
		Rawa Island is an unspoilt coral island, with its white sands and swaying palm trees.
	www.marimari.com /hotel/malaysia/rawa_safaris (231 words)

	Welcome to FemAid
		For the past three years, we have been working with RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan), an independent group of Afghan refugees in Pakistan who, for the past 25 years fought the Soviets, the Mudjhadin, the Taliban and now the new wave of fundamentalists all basically opposed to equal rights for women.
		In Pakistan, RAWA has established schools, orphanages, dispensaries for desperately poor Afghan refugees otherwise deprived of any real assistance from the Pakistani authorities which in itself has been overwhelmed by the presence of three million refugees.
		Nous travaillons avec RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan), une association indépendante de femmes afghanes réfugiées au Pakistan qui, depuis vingt-cinq ont lutté contre les Soviétiques, les moudjhadines, les Taliban et la nouvelle vague d’intégristes au pouvoir fondamentalement opposés aux droits des femmes.
	www.femaid.org /RAWA.html (895 words)

	WDB-RAWA AOPA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rawa Aopa basins are surrounded by highlands, and permanently innudated.
		The Rawa Aopa is swamp area, which is vegetated and coverd by grass (95%) and becomes the habitat for waterbirds.
		The Rawa Aopa Watumohai National Park can be reached from Kendari through three main roads: The first road reaches the northern part of Mokalelo Mountain with Lambuya as the nearest town.
	www.wetlands.or.id /sul30.htm (1197 words)

	OSI: Network Women's Program Supports New Oral History Research on Afghan Women's Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Because RAWA had been so effective in documenting atrocities committed by the Northern Alliance when it last held power from 1992-1996, some elements of the alliance hate and fear RAWA as much as they do the Taliban.
		I saw the incredible tug of both hope and fear among RAWA members as Karzai was sworn in, promising a new day for Afghanistan, yet surrounded by men who represented a very scary period of time for most Afghan women.
		And I saw the behind-the-scenes community efforts as children were readied for a public commemoration that represents the heart of the organization, the tragic and inspiring loss of Meena’s life, an event that brings tears to the eyes of women who have confronted the Taliban head on.
	www.soros.org /initiatives/women/news/afghan_oral?skin=printable (814 words)

	WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan by Anne E. Brodsky - RAWA
		For 26 years the women of RAWA and their supporters have committed themselves to empowering all Afghan women and peacefully building a free and secular democracy in Afghanistan.
		As Brodsky shows, integral to RAWA’s resilience has been their maintenance at once of a culture of secrecy, democratic mechanisms for providing constructive critique and resolving arguments among members, and a policy of training members in multiple jobs.
		The Foreword written by RAWA emphasizes that U.S. support of the Northern Alliance, the inclusion of warlords in the interim government, and the power vacuum outside of Kabul have created an environment that is just as hostile to women as the Taliban were.
	www.yesmagazine.org /Reviews/brodsky.htm (710 words)

	RAWA Fundraising Event
		For 26 years the women of RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) have committed themselves to empowering all Afghan Women and peacefully building a free and secular democracy in Afghanistan.
		They were active in opposing the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, fighting against the atrocities during the civil war, exposing the Taliban, and now fighting the warlord-filled government with a vision for real democracy.
		RAWA also challenges the common representation of 'Third World' women, particularly Muslim women, as passive victims of oppression--instead showing the active resistance that Afghan women have been engaging in for over 3 decades.
	www.geocities.com /rawa_seattle (296 words)

	Welcome to FemAid
		The RAWA school caters to girls as well as boys and offers adult literacy classes for women (‘adult’ designating anyone married which could and often means a 13 year old student sitting with women twice or three times her age).
		RAWA’s orphanages are n’t the same as their Western counterparts in that most of the children living there have lost one parent and in some cases might still have both surviving parents, but these are ill or too poor to look after them.
		First of all, RAWA is made up of a formidable team of exceptionally dedicated young women aged between 18 and 22, (with, it seems, very few over 40) One has the feeling of meeting a contingent of veritable Amazons, single-minded in their determination to better the situation of women in their own culture.
	www.femaid.org /PakreportI.html (19318 words)

	The Afghan Women's Mission - Frequently Asked Questions
		We work closely with RAWA, especially on the Malalai Hospital project, and accept funds on their behalf from donors within the United States and elsewhere.
		The Afghan Women's Mission sends checks to RAWA as funding is available and as programs for the use of the funds are developed.
		RAWA and AWM greatly appreciate any and all donations for Afghan women and Afghan refugees.
	www.afghanwomensmission.org /FAQ (2468 words)

	ifeminists.com > editorial > The Silence Surrounding RAWA
		RAWA provides an e-mail address for queries and a P.O. Box in Pakistan to which funds should be directed.
		RAWA declares itself to be "a political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights..."
		Through RAWA interviews and an e-mail campaign conducted by a RAWA supporter, serious charges were leveled against Samar; an investigation subsequently dismissed the charges.
	www.ifeminists.net /introduction/editorials/2002/0820.html (757 words)

	Salon.com Life \| The Taliban's bravest opponents
		Members of RAWA protested outside the Foreign Office in Islamabad, Pakistan, while U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan was holding talks with Pakistani officials during a two-day visit in March.
		RAWA was originally founded in 1977 as an Afghan feminist group focused on women's rights, but its mandate broadened when fundamentalists rose to power.
		By traveling with RAWA, Shah got a first-hand view of what it's like to be a woman living under the Taliban, and she was invited into RAWA's secret schools and illegal meetings.
	www.salon.com /mwt/feature/2001/10/02/fatima (916 words)

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