Women in Afghanistan

Women in Afghanistan: a human rights catastrophe, Amnesty International, London, 1995

www.amnesty.org

Category: Society > People > Women > History > Middle East

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

RAWA is an independent political organization of Afghan women which is struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.

www.rawa.org

Category: Society > Issues > Church-State Relations > Regional > Asia > Afghanistan

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

Independent political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in Afghanistan.

www.rawa.org

Category: Society > People > Women > Culture

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

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Women

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

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Women

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

Political group struggling for women's rights and democratic political change.

www.rawa.org

Category: Society > Politics > Revolution

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.

www.hrw.org

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Women

Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan

HAWCA is an organisation of Afghan women aiming to enhance the well-being of Afghan women and children.

www.hawca.org

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Humanitarian Issues and Aid

Prostitution under the Rule of Taliban

A report in article format by the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

www.rawa.org

Category: Society > Sexuality > Politics of Sexuality > Sex Work

Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA)

Information about their health, education and training programs in Afghanistan; also includes background on the country, and details of their fundraising.

www.hawca.org

Category: Society > Philanthropy > Organizations > Religious > Islamic

Gloria Steinem: Restoring women's rights in Afghanistan

[CNN]

cnn.com

Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 2001 > December > Community

Sahar Saba: Women's rights in post-Taliban Afghanistan

[CNN]

cnn.com

Category: News > Online Archives > CNN.com > 2001 > November > Community

The Taliban's War on Women: A Health and Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan

Executive summary of a report issued by Physicians for Human Rights.

www.phrusa.org

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Politics > Taliban Islamic Movement

The Taliban and Afghan Women

The Feminist Majority Foundation campaign to assist women in Afghanistan describes the elimination of Women's rights and the humanitarian crisis.

www.feminist.org

Category: Regional > Asia > Afghanistan > Society and Culture > Human Rights

Eyewitness Accounts of Taliban Massacre in Yakaolang

Describes a massacre of around 300 people in Yakaolang, in January, 2001 by the Taliban, with photos and links. Documented by the Revolutionary Association of Women if Afghanistan.

www.rawa.org

Category: Society > Issues > Warfare and Conflict > War Crimes > Afghanistan