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Violence Continues Against Women In Afghanistan
Where is the outcry by feminists around the world for the women and girls who continue to fall prey to the Taliban wherever they hold sway? The silence is deafening... and nauseating. From NPR:
Earlier this month, two brutal incidents caught the world’s attention. An Afghan woman appeared on the cover of Time magazine, her nose cut off because she fled an abusive marriage. The other was the pregnant widow in Baghdis province accused of adultery. The local Taliban commander ordered 200 lashes and then shot the woman to death. A Taliban spokesman denied responsibility in both cases.
Posted by Jonathon Narvey on August 25, 2010 - 6:06pm
Afghan Women Protest Corruption
Afghan women are taking to the streets to protest corruption, the Taliban, the drug lords and those associated with the warlords. This is an encouraging sign of a true flowering of democracy. Still fragile, and the women will have to be very brave in the coming days. But their acts are an inspiration.
A full article by Tony Perry on this can be found in the LA Times, Afghan Women Lead Protest Against Government Corruption
An excerpt is below: Read more »
Posted by Jonathon Narvey on December 17, 2009 - 1:11am
Malalai Joya Does Not Speak for Afghan Women!
The author of Harry' Place asks the obvious question: what would happen if the international community followed Malalai Joya's advice and abandoned Afghanistan to let it sort out it's own problems?
Members of CASC respond:
Posted by Jonathon Narvey on November 22, 2009 - 1:59pm
Afghan women worth the fight
Afghanistan
is emerging from 30 years of violent conflict, a period where it was
largely ignored by the West except to flood it with weapons and then
leave the fate of its citizens to the mercy of illiterate,
trigger-happy, fundamentalist men. That era, and our subsequent
inaction, is to our great shame. Now is our chance to make up for the
past and we must get it right. Abandonment is not the answer. Read more »
Posted by Jonathon Narvey on April 25, 2009 - 3:02pm
Statement of groups of Iranian Women Supporting Afghan Women
Some of the feminist movements in Iran have issued a statement addressing Afghan women thus: Your ceaseless and courageous struggle against discriminatory laws could contribute to our strength as well just as we decided today to stand up in your support and express our concern about the approval of this new discriminatory law in Afghanistan. Read more »
Posted by Jonathon Narvey on April 15, 2009 - 4:02pm
