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RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan. RAWA’s objective is to involve 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 democratic and secular values in Afghanistan.

 

http://www.rawa.org/self_immolation/violence.htm

 

AFGHANISTAN - VIDEO - CHILD FORCED MARRIAGE & CONTINUED VIOLENCE - TEARFUL TESTIMONY

 

Sept.2007: Movie clip of a 12-year-old girl in Herat province of Afghanistan, who has been given in a forced marriage and faces violence by her husband everyday.
She says: "Please help me get divorce. Next time he will kill me. He injured me with a knife."

 

 

 

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