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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.
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.
Payam-e-Zan (Women's Message) - Publication by RAWA, in Pashtu, Persian and Urdu.
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.
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.
TIME Photo Essay: Kabul Unveiled - Women after the downfall of the Taliban, by John Stanmeyer.
Women's 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 women's rights. Petitions and other ways you can help.
Inside Pakistan and Afghanistan with RAWA - Anne Brodsky comments on the everyday life of women, and the work of RAWA. (July 29, 2002)
Bare Faced Resistance - Natasha Walter gives a detailed report on the situation of women in Kabul. (July 20, 2002)
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)
Afghan Women in Political Spotlight - Report on the female delegates at the Loya Jirga. (June 26, 2002)
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. (December 14, 2001) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.