Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

Meena (1956-1987) RAWA's martyred founder

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RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.

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Free Eelections Under the Shadow of Guns and Terrorism?
RAWA statement on presidential elections in Afghanistan

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انتخابات آزاد زير سايه تفنگ و تروريزم؟
اعلاميه در حاشيه انتخابات رياست جمهوري (اول اکتوبر ۲۰۰۴)

RAWA Rally on Black Day of April 28
April 27, 2004 - Islamabad

بيانيه «جمعيت انقلابي زنان افغانستان» به مناسبت سياهروز ۸ ثور

The gloom of 28th April is still dominant in our country
Statement on the Black Day of April 28

RAWA event on International Women's Day
March 10, 2004 - Peshawar

RAWA statement | اعلاميه راوا

RAWA Receives the 20th International Alfonso Comín Award
Barcelona, Spain, 25 November 2003

University of Antwerp awards RAWA an Honorary Doctorate

Attack on RAWA staff of the Malalai Hospital, Mar.20, 2003

RAWA condemns terrorist attack to its personnel in Pakistan
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The US Government Wants War, the People of US
and the World Want Peace!

RAWA Stages Anti-war Demonstration
February 24, 2003 - Islamabad

Press coverage

RAWA statement on killing of protesting students in Kabul University

Salutations to the Freedom-loving Students of Kabul University!
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RAWA statement on sacking of second degree warlords by Karzai (Persian)

Don't be Afraid Mr Karzai! Target the Sharks Not the Fish!
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Books on RAWA and Afghan women:

Meena: Heroine of Afghanistan, click here to order it

Meena - Heroine
of Afghanistan
The Martyr
who founded RAWA

by
Melody Ermachild Chavis

With All Our Strength, click here to order it

With All Our
Strength:
The Revolutionary
Association of the
Women of
Afghanistan

By Anne Brodsky

Zoya's Story:
An Afghan Woman's
Battle for Freedom

by Zoya with
John Follain
and Rita Cristofari

Veiled Courage:
Inside the Afghan
Women's Resistance

By Cheryl Benard
with
Edit Schlaffer

more on these books...

Recent reports from Afghanistan

Female election worker commits suicide after rape attempt on her (photo)
Massive fraud in Afghanistan vote
Afghanistan's presidential election: a mockery of democracy
Warlords Threaten Integrity of Election
Afghan Women No Better Off; US accused of not fulfilling promises
Painful story of the Herati shelter girls
Afghan opium production predicted to reach new high
US Soldiers Kill 3 Civilians at a Checkpoint in Afghanistan
Mashal-e-Democracy Weekly Stops Publication for Insecurity
US marines accused of Afghan abuse
21 Killed in Afghanistan Attacks Directed at Provincial Governor
Afghan rights advocate expects death
Afghanistan gunmen kill 2 working for relief agency
British parliamentary committee: Afghanistan could implode
A populist hero emerges from under the rule of the gun
MSF pulls out of Afghanistan due to lack of security
Bomb Kills 6, Including 2 UN Workers
Ex-GI, Charged in Kabul, Says He Was on US Mission
Warlords greater threat to security than the Taliban
Taliban Say Cut Throat of Afghan Christian
Blast Kills 2 Afghan Women On Election Workers' Bus
Afghanistan at Risk (ICG report)
NATO's Shame in Afghanistan
Killing of 11 Chinese Workers in Afghanistan
Afghan children fall prey to killers who trade human organs
Five Aid Workers Shot to Death in an Ambush in Afghanistan
War Returns with a Vengeance as Allies Fail the Afghan People
Two foreigners stoned to death in Afghanistan
Afghan province bans women performers on TV, radio
Heavy fighting in Herat city after minister dies, 100 killed
Taliban-style restrictions alive in west Afghanistan
Afghan actors beaten for playing music
Self-Immolation Of Women On The Rise In Western Provinces
US helicopter fires killing 11 villagers including 4 children
Afghanistan's Supreme Court protests women singing on TV
Taliban-style public hangings in "liberated" Afghanistan (Photos)
Afghanistan's Women after 'Liberation'
Woman delegate almost expelled from Afghan assembly
US air raid kills nine children in south Afghanistan
Thousands of married Afghan women were expelled from school
Afghanistan 'at the mercy of narco-terrorists'
Afghan editor forced to flee to Canada: Target of religious law
Remembering innocent victims of the US strikes on Afghanistan
Amnesty International: No justice and security for women
Apathy of Afghan women after Taliban
RAWA report from Shirpur with a list of people engaged in the crime
UN accuses top Afghan ministers of land grab
Endangered Peace in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN: Report exposes continuing human rights abuses
"Now we pay the warlords to tyrannise the Afghan people"
HRW Report Details Threats to Women's Rights, Freedom of Expression
Afghan women: Fighting for the right to sing
HRW: Sharp Rise in Press Attacks in Afghanistan
An overview of the situation in Afghanistan after “liberation”
"Climate of fear" rules Afghanistan
UN reports serious rights violations in NW Afghanistan
US Admits 11 Civilians Dead In Bombing Raid On E Afghanistan
Afghanistan: the Taliban's smiling face
Afghan Police Accused of Rights Abuses
Afghanistan has been well and truly betrayed
Afghan poor sell daughters as brides
Afghan Warlords Killing at Will
War 'has ruined Afghan environment'
Disabled War Vets Accusing the Government of Misusing Aid Donations
Change of hat (Eye-witness report from Afghanistan)
US Broke Law in Use Of Cluster Bombs in Afghanistan
Post-Taliban Warlords Oppress Afghan Women
Warlords are Afghanistan's new worry number one
Old Fears in the New Afghanistan
Self-Immolations on Rise in Afghanistan
Afghan Police Fire on Student Protesters, Killing Four and Wounding 30
US Used More DU Weapons in Afg. Than in Gulf War: Dracovic
Afghan Women Die Giving Birth at Staggering Rate
HRW Reports Rights Abuses by Afghan Governor Ismail Khan
Widespread abuse, restrictions on freedom continue
Disappointed repatriates likely to re-enter Pakistan
Afghan Girl's Schools Struck by Attacks
Two Killed, 40 Hurt in Attack on Afghan Wedding
Afghan Women Remain Victims of Hope Unfulfilled
Witness reports of mass grave and war crimes, A NEWSWEEK investigation
Women at risk in Afghanistan
ZARMINA'S STORY
"A female worker was gang raped in northern Afghanistan", UN
The full human cost of US air strikes...
Freedom of Press in Afghanistan?
Depleted Uranium In Bunker Bombs (America's big dirty secret)
Villagers Tell of Over 100 Casualties
Reports of rape, looting by Afghan militiamen
The Heartbreaking Story of an Afghan Woman
West's new Afghan allies include former allies of Osama bin Laden

More...


A trip to Kabul	Taliban style hangings in “liberated” country	Victims of the US strikes	Barbarism in Shirpur


Beggary in Kabul	Malalai Hospital Serves Afghan Refugees	Public Execution by Taliban	RAWA Schools

more photos...

FemAid/RAWA project: Tailoring classes for orphan girls
Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the US Congress to RAWA
A Certificate of Recognition to RAWA from the California Legislature Assembly
"Advancing the Status of Women" award to RAWA by Soroptimist International
Buildings of Afghan Ministers and Authorities in Kabul
RAWA Takes Part in Reconstruction of Villages
RAWA Interview with some prostitutes
RAWA Literacy Program for Afghan Women (photos)
Bomb Blast in Jalalabad, 9 killed, 92 wounded (exclusive photos)
Anne Brodsky: "I Saw a Revolution in the Eyes of RAWA Members"
"Revolutionary", a poem by Thomas Fortenberry dedicated to RAWA

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