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Beyond the Burqa: The Taliban, Women and the C.I.A.
September 12, 2001
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Afghanistan is a country devastated by many years of war, a serious drought, and the dictatorial rule of the Taliban, a group that claims to be bringing the country back to the purity of Islam. Women suffer most as a result. On this special Women's Desk program, we take a look at U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, and at how Afghan women are resisting the Taliban.
Featuring:
Wayne Madsen, Electronic Privacy Information Center; Sonali Kolhatkar, board member of the Afghan Women's Mission
Jan Goodwin, author of The Price of Honor; Nuzhat Kidwai, founder of the Women's Action Forum; Marina Mateen, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA); Huma Saeed, RAWA; Saima Kareem, RAWA; Elham Rahmanie, Creating Hope International; Sehar Saba, RAWA student; Mavis Leno, Feminist Majority Foundation.
For more information:
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
www.rawa.org
Afghan Women's Mission
260 S. Lake Ave. PMB 165
Pasadena, CA 91101
fax: 509-756-2236
www.afghanwomensmission.org
Feminist Majority Foundation
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
703-522-2214;
fax: 703-522-2219; femmaj@feminist.org
www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.asp
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
1718 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20009
202-483-1140;
fax: 202-483-1248
www.epic.org
Creating Hope International
P.O. Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
313-271-6213;
fax: 313-565-8515; CHI@creatinghope.org
www.creatinghope.org
Jan Goodwin
The Price of Honor
Penguin USA, 1995, ISBN: 0452274303
212-366-2000;
fax: 212-366-2920
www.penguin.com