Afghanistan Archives – Page 10 of 11

Excitement, Hypocrisy in Afghanistan

By Sunita B. Mehta ● Uncategorized ● September 15, 2003

This is an excerpt from an e-mail to friends and colleagues that Sunita B. Mehta sent from Afghanistan, where Women for Afghan Women–the organization she co-founded–sponsored a women’s rights conference in early September.

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Women in Afghanistan Fear New Taliban-Like Rule

By Shauna Curphey ● Politics ● May 15, 2003

A women’s rights activist struggles to publicize the persecution of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan, where fundamentalist pressures are returning and the burqa is back.

Ensler: This Is Most Fragile Time for Afghanistan

By Eve Ensler ● Uncategorized ● April 30, 2003

After her most recent trip to Afghanistan, playwright and women’s activist Eve Ensler pleads for the U.S. to keep its promises to stabilize the country, which she likens to a patient at a dangerous point of recovery.

An Afghan Exile Returns to Shape Reconstruction

By no-author, Paul Fitzgerald & Elizabeth Gould ● Arts & Culture ● December 8, 2002

Sima Wali returned to Afghanistan after 24 years in exile and found herself in a classroom, teaching the craft of proposal writing to 18 women’s groups seeking U.N. aid to rebuild their lives.

Future of Afghan Women Debated at Forum

By Julie Ostrowski ● Uncategorized ● November 18, 2002

A year after the historic meetings that led to the formation of Afghanistan’s interim government, scholars and U.S. officials debate the future of the country’s women.

Mother on Run Arrested by FBI in Montana

By Rebecca Vesely ● Politics ● October 8, 2002

A mother grabbed her son and headed for the highway to avoid obeying a family court custody order. This all-to-familiar scenario came to an end that family law experts worry could indicate the repercussions for mothers on the run are escalating.

Afghan First Lady Remains Hidden from Public View

By Halima Kazem ● Arts & Culture ● September 13, 2002

Zeenat Karzai, spouse of the president of Afghanistan, lives behind locked doors in fear of being kidnapped. Some of the country’s women say she should emerge to affirm their rights and be a role model. Also, Postal Service honors female journalists.

Afghan Women’s Liberty Remains in Peril

By Chris Lombardi ● Uncategorized ● September 8, 2002

The Senate is scheduled to vote at the end of September on a $2 billion reconstruction package for Afghanistan, with specific allocations for the Women’s Ministry and a Human Rights Commission, as well as a call for additional peacekeepers.

Young Afghan Women Setting Themselves Ablaze

By Fariba Nawa ● Uncategorized ● August 12, 2002

In Herat, at least four young women have killed themselves this year by setting themselves ablaze. Experts remain unsure why now, just as they are regaining their freedom, that they are embracing death.

Afghan Women Debate the Terms of Their Future

By Fariba Nawa ● Politics ● June 30, 2002

Afghan women agree that they should play a role in the rebuilding of their country. They are divided, however, on what role Islam should play in the new nation–integral to the new government or a belief system guiding a secular state.