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Feb 5, 2010 · The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) celebrated the 8th of March, the International Women’s Day in Afghanistan. This gathering took place amidst the Taliban’s attempts to ban women’s activities through threats, pressure, and suppression, aiming to silence their voices of protest and crush their fighting spirit.
Resolution of RAWA on the International Women's Day, March 8, …
7- RAWA, in its turn, conveys its deep support for and solidarity with the heroic struggle of women and freedom-loving forces in Iran, Kashmir, Kurdistan and throughout the world against reactionary and oppressive forces and states. We hope that the solidarity of women will not be limited to just this day but will endure throughout the years.
Some of the restrictions imposed by Taliban on Afghan women …
Jul 25, 1994 · Taliban restrictions and mistreatment of women include the: 1- Complete ban on women's work outside the home, which also applies to female teachers, engineers and most professionals. Only a few female doctors and nurses are allowed to work in some hospitals in Kabul. 2- Complete ban on women's activity outside the home unless accompanied by a ...
Sexual exploitation in Afghanistan « RAWA News
Mar 22, 2014 · On August 20, 2014, the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan released a new report on Bacha Bazi, after conducting a long survey. The report accused Afghan police officers of hiring children for sexual intercourse. In April 2015, a 17-year-old boy was raped and tortured in Farah province.
Afghan women’s fight for freedom and democracy will never fail!
Oct 7, 2021 · 21.08.2021: RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover. RAWA: The United States and NATO are talking about a “strategic failure” in Afghanistan after twenty years of war and the massacre of tens and thousands of innocent Afghans and handing over Afghanistan with $85 billion worth of weapons and military equipment to their Taliban stooges.
RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover
Aug 21, 2021 · On the first days of the US occupation of Afghanistan, RAWA declared on October 11, 2001: “The continuation of US attacks and the increase in the number of innocent civilian victims not only gives an excuse to the Taliban, but also will cause the empowerment of the fundamentalist forces in the region and even in the world.”.
RAWA.ORG: Our main goals
Our main goals and objectives. To struggle against any types of the fundamentalists and their foreign masters. To establish freedom, democracy, peace and women's rights in Afghanistan. To establish an elected secularist government based on democratic values. To unite all freedom-loving and democratic force and to struggle against all those who ...
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
October 9, 2024, VOA news: Hardline Taliban authorities in Afghanistan reported Wednesday that nine people, including at least two women, were publicly flogged after being convicted of various crimes, such as adultery. Five of the punishments took place at a sports stadium in Kandahar, capital of the eponymous southern province.
The censorship of music in Afghanistan - Revolutionary …
The effects of censorship of music in Afghanistan are deep and wide ranging for the Afghans, both inside and outside the country. In the past, the people of Afghanistan were great music lovers and enjoyed a rich musical life. Music was an integral part of many rites of passage, such as celebrations of birth, circumcision (male only), and most ...
A photo slideshow from some RAWA Orphanages
Slideshow of RAWA Orphanages. One of RAWA's projects in social sector is to help orphan children and take care of them. In 1986 Meena, the founding leader of RAWA, established an orphanage in Quetta of Pakistan. Since then RAWA has established many orphanages in Pakistan and inside Afghanistan to take care of ill-fated Afghan orphans, who are ...