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Feminists: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) [ID 710]

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan [RAWA] Founded 1977 by several women in Kabul Chairwoman: until 1987 Mina Kishwar Kamal Members: solely women, intellectuals, socialists, possibly former members or sympathisers of the Moist parties Organ: as of 1981 the magazine “Payam-i-Zan” (Women’s Message), initially bilingual in Persian and Pashtu, from 2001 on with an additional part in Urdu and English Ideology/Aims: independent political organisation of Afghan women that plead for women’s rights, democracy, social justice, secularism and human rights

Document(s): Open document

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Feminists: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) ("Official homepage of RAWA") [ID 710]

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan [RAWA] Founded 1977 by several women in Kabul Chairwoman: until 1987 Mina Kishwar Kamal Members: solely women, intellectuals, socialists, possibly former members or sympathisers of the Moist parties Organ: as of 1981 the magazine “Payam-i-Zan” (Women’s Message), initially bilingual in Persian and Pashtu, from 2001 on with an additional part in Urdu and English Ideology/Aims: independent political organisation of Afghan women that plead for women’s rights, democracy, social justice, secularism and human rights

Document(s): Official homepage of RAWA