Women's Struggles

RAWA’s Amena Shams was in Australia, speaking at many forums across the country. For all those who were fortunate enough to attend one of Amena’s many events, it was a great opportunity to reconnect directly with RAWA, to be inspired by news of RAWA’s ongoing work and to receive accurate, current information of the situation for Afghan women. For this 2005 tour events were organised in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Lismore and Brisbane by a wide range of organisations including the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, the Boite, the International Women’s Development Agency, Immigrant Women’s Support Service, Melbourne University, Flinders University, Amnesty International, the Australian Peace Committee, WILPF, Darebin City Council, several private and government schools as well as many RAWA supporter groups and individuals.

Children ... especially among carpet weavers... are addicted to nicotine and opium (given to them) in order to be calm

Inquiry reveals serious flaws in the US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan, suggesting that corruption and inefficiency caused millions of dollars to be wasted on useless projects.