[MAPC-discuss] Saturday in Chicago - RAWA

[MAPC-discuss] Saturday in Chicago - RAWA

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2001-11-07

RAWA will be here in Chicago!
RAWA: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

The following in a free program at
Harold Washington Library Center/Chicago Public Library.
Society in Focus/Women's History Month Committee Program:
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Saturday, November 10, 2001, 2:00 P.M.
Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Authors Room, 7th Floor
400 S. State St.
Free

Society in Focus

The Struggle for Womens Emancipation
  in South Asia and the Middle East
RAWA:
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

Panel discussion including:
Tahmeena Faryal, RAWA representative  (not her real name)
Janet Afary:
Purdue University, Iranian feminist and scholar,
author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-1911:
Grassroots Democracy, Social Democracy & the Origins of Feminism
Madhuri Deskmukh: Oakton Community College, Indian feminist
Manal Sam, Palestinian women's rights activist
Saturday, November 10, 2001, 2:00 P.M.
Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago Authors Room, 7th Floor
400 S. State St.
Free
NO CAMERAS (STILL OR VIDEO) OR AUDIO RECORDING ALLOWED
RAWA was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an
independent, all volunteer, non-violent political/social
organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and social
justice in Afghanistan.  RAWA, secretly and under the threat of
death, conducts nursing courses, literacy courses, and vocational
training courses for women. In addition, they provide schooling for
  children, as well as medical care. In neighboring Pakistan, RAWA
provides Afghan refugees with aid, runs orphanages, and sponsors
income-generating projects.
For more information about RAWA: http://www.rawa.org

Co-sponsored by News and Letters Committees/Open University of the Left
Society in Focus/Womens History Month Committee  program
312-747-4600

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Another unrelated but good source of information about women in
Afghanistan is:
The Feminist Majoritiy Foundation
http://www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.asp
Read articles; make donations; take action.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:48 AM

[MAPC-discuss] Saturday in Chicago - RAWA