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...RAWA had anticipated something of the nature of Sept. 11 ever since the Taliban came to power,” Tameenah said. “When a group in power is so anti-civilization, anti-education, anti-women, it is clear that they do not care about anyone...
During the question-and-answer session which followed her speech, Tameenah stressed that concerned individuals within the U.S. and elsewhere could take positive steps to help improve the lives of Afghan women in a tangible...
...Tameenah said she was only a child when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in 1979. Following the occupation, her family fled to Pakistan. They have been based there ever since, with Tameenah’s family involved in teaching refugees and Tameenah devoting her life to RAWA...
...RAWA] have evolved as a political humanitarian, peaceful, anti-fundamentalist, feminist organization,” Tameenah said. The group, established in 1977, has the objective of involving an increasing number of Afghan women in social and political activities aimed at acquiring women’s human rights, and contributing to the struggle for the establishment of a government based on secular and democratic values...
...People can purchase RAWA handicrafts. We sell products made by Afghan women and send the money back to RAWA to help fund our educational and humanitarian work. They can also visit our website—our link to the world—to keep informed,” Tameenah said...