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Toward Freedom
December 1, 2008
Now the
Taliban are ousted from power, yet the burqa remains firmly on the heads of all sorts of
Afghan women. Why? Because the burqa is a symbol of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 1, 2008
Many of the 350 women incarcerated in
Afghanistan's prisons are being detained for "moral crimes" such as running away from home, the
United Nations said on ...
Times Online
December 1, 2008
Hillary thinks the veil is bad for Afghan women, and what Hillary thinks is bad for her is bad for every woman. American arrogance? ...
Newsday
December 1, 2008
... but while questioning the women the
soldiers discovered one was a man dressed in a burqa, the traditional dress most
Afghan women wear. ...
Associated Press of Pakistan
December 1, 2008
London, Dec 1 (APP)‑ A photographic exhibition on
Afghan women highlighting the continuing struggle they have in an emerging new
Afghanistan have gone on ...
Media Newswire (press release)
December 1, 2008
28, 2008 - An
Afghan woman and her seven-month-old son, who were severely injured by militants during an operation in
Kapisa, Nov. ...
DetNews.com
December 1, 2008
Continued George Bullard: Laura Bush's work on behalf of Afghan women was highlighted by "Meet the Press" today. It's her signature issue. ...
Dallas Morning News
November 30, 2008
She also said she wants to continue her activities on behalf of women in Afghanistan, which she has visited three times.
KARK
November 30, 2008
When she leaves
the White House in late January, Mrs. Bush said she plans to continue promoting educational opportunities for
women in Afghanistan . ...
CNN International
November 30, 2008
Laura Bush said she hopes to maintain her involvement with
the US-
Afghan women's Council, which works to improve life for
women in Afghanistan. ...
Kuwait Times
November 30, 2008
We want to show the whole world the ability of an Afghan woman, the things they can do," team captain Shamila Kohestani said during an interview in the film ...
Boston Globe
November 30, 2008
Topics: The first lady and ambassador discuss the lives of women in Afghanistan. 10:30 Healthweek. Topics: Tom Daschle, the nominee for health and human ...
ZNet
November 30, 2008
RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the
women of Afghanistan, is the oldest women's political
organization in
Afghanistan, struggling non-violently ...
Reuters Canada
November 28, 2008
"We want to show the whole world the ability of an Afghan woman, the things they can do," team captain Shamila Kohestani said during an interview in the ...
Los Angeles Times
November 28, 2008
First Lady Laura Bush discusses the lives of
women in Afghanistan on 'Meet the Press.' CBS News Sunday Morning Sheryl Crow discusses her
career and life on ...
New York Times
November 28, 2008
... or with a lot of other ways that American citizens have opened their homes to women in Afghanistan so they can be educated quickly, because they missed ...
The Muslim News
November 28, 2008
The final speaker in this panel, Elaheh Rostami-Povey from School of Oriental and African Studies,
London, spoke movingly about the struggle of
Afghan women ...
Chicago Tribune
November 28, 2008
So it is with some measure of irony that these
Afghan women now sew mini-burqas for foreigners to put on wine bottles. They know the
math: They can make as ...
Reuters India
November 27, 2008
"We want to show the whole world the ability of an Afghan woman, the things they can do," team captain Shamila Kohestani said during an interview in the ...
AllAfrica.com
November 27, 2008
... why don't these "Eminent Elders" go to
Afghanistan where the Anglo-Saxon powers are fully in charge and where more than four million
Afghan women and ...
MarketWatch
November 26, 2008
"Afghan women" explores the enormous pressures and perils faced by the women of Wahidy's native land, who enjoy far fewer rights today than they did 30 ...
Monsters and Critics.com
November 26, 2008
During the operation, the militants fired on combined forces from inside a compound, it said, adding that troops waited until eight Afghan women and eleven ...
Taipei Times
November 26, 2008
Afghan women are feeling increasingly vulnerable as the security situation worsens and a growing number of Western and
Afghan officials call for the
Taliban ...
India PRwire (press release)
November 25, 2008
An initiative undertaken by STFC and Ministry of
commerce, MEA and Women and Child, Govt. of
India to train
Afghan women has reached the next level with ...
Reuters AlertNet
November 25, 2008
Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. ...
Peterborough Examiner
November 25, 2008
Organized through the Peterborough chapter of Canadian Women for women in Afghanistan, Breaking Bread for Women is a program that encourages groups to plan ...
New York Times
November 25, 2008
Mrs. Bush has been a passionate advocate for the women of Afghanistan throughout her husband's tenure. She has visited the war-torn country three times to ...
International Herald Tribune
November 24, 2008
The
international community must also do more about difficulties for women: For the third year running, the biggest problem facing
women in Afghanistan ...
Earthtimes (press release)
November 23, 2008
Kabul - US-led troops killed a female civilian and two militants in a clash in southern
Afghanistan, while nine rebels including a senior commander and two ...
Times of India
November 22, 2008
New Delhi:
women in Afghanistan have been relegated to the background for years. The excesses of the
Taliban regime had only added to their sufferings. ...
Telegraph-Journal
November 22, 2008
Canadian journalist Sally Armstrong has been reporting on the lives of girls and women in Afghanistan for more than a decade. At a recent public reading, ...
Systems
November 21, 2008
In the Tagab district, coalition forces provided medical care to the Afghan woman and child, whom the forces believe lived with the militants. ...
guardian.co.uk
November 21, 2008
Afghan women are feeling increasingly vulnerable as the security situation worsens and a growing number of western and
Afghan officials call for the
Taliban ...
US Department of State
November 21, 2008
First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush announced the formal partnership between
the US-
Afghan women's Council and Georgetown University in December 2006. ...
Milton Canadian Champion
November 21, 2008
Since the late 1990s,
Canadians in Support of
Afghan women (CSAW), which is affiliated with Canadian Women for
women in Afghanistan, has raised $450000 to ...
Sydney Morning Herald
November 21, 2008
Violence and other abuse of
Afghan women is enough to make you wonder what we're there fighting for, reports Paul McGeough from
Kabul. ...
Etownian
November 20, 2008
"What has happened, specifically with women in Afghanistan, is if they have been community leaders or organizers for women, or if they have been prominent, ...
Daily News Egypt
November 20, 2008
Connect2 OWU
November 20, 2008
Another volunteer recalls explaining to a dying
Afghan woman what the group was trying to accomplish. The woman immediately called her
children to her side ...
The Kingston Whig-Standard
November 20, 2008
Please consider making a donation to
Canadians for
women in Afghanistan. Our mission is to support projects in
Afghanistan with a focus on
education. ...
