Hi there!  I am interested in learning more about the status of
women?s rights in Afghanistan.  Can you help me to find articles?

Hello ipsummachine,

The subject of women?s status in Afghanistan is a very large topic,
but I think you?ll find the following articles helpful to
understanding the position of women in this nation.


The REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AFGHAN WOMEN has some terrific
coverage of women?s rights in their country, including information
about how the Taliban treats women, and a general overview of the
position of women in Afghanistan:  http://www.rawa.org/women.html

THE PLIGHT OF THE AFGHAN WOMAN, Afghanistan Online:
http://www.afghan-web.com/woman/

HUMANITY DENIED: SYSTMATIC VIOLATION OF WOMEN?S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN,
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/afghan3/

CHILD MARRIAGE STILL WIDESPREAD, Reuters:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a725d447bcd8502e55d5a5b43e0b0ea6.htm

NEW HOPE FOR AFGHAN?S WOMEN, Time Magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,185643,00.html

TOUGH ROAD FOR WOMEN STANDING FOR ELECTION, Reuters:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/24c8a43a97ff9c81827fd1b0f319e119.htm

WOMEN OUT OF TALIBAN CONTROL, About.com:
http://womensissues.about.com/library/weekly/aa113001a.htm

AFGHANISTAN?S WOMEN TODAY has a great deal of information, from
articles to facts, about women in Afghanistan:
http://womensissues.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.savingwomenslives.org%2Fafghgan_facts.htm

THE PLIGHT OF AFHANISTAN WOMEN, Afghanistan Online:
http://womensissues.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.savingwomenslives.org%2Fafghgan_facts.htm

WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN, U.S. Department of State:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/women/fs_980310_women_afghan.html

WOMEN IN ISLAM also offers a variety of articles on Muslim women,
including those in Afghanistan:
http://www.state.gov/www/global/women/fs_980310_women_afghan.html

AFGHANISTAN?S WOMEN AFTER ?LIBERATION,? RAWA: http://www.rawa.org/nanji.htm

WOMEN?S HUMAN RIGHTS IN POST CONFLICT AFGHANISTAN, WHR:
http://www.whrnet.org/docs/interview-brunet-0302.html

WOMEN?S POSTION, ROLE, AND RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN, Afghanistan Online:
http://www.afghan-web.com/articles/womenrights.html

WOMEN?S HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN, Physicians for Human
Rights: http://www.afghan-web.com/articles/womenrights.html

BEYOND THE BURQA, Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1214-03.htm

AFGHANISTAN UNVIELD, PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/afghanistanunveiled/women.html

WOMEN?S RIGHTS IN POST-TALIBAN AFGHANISTAN, CNN:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/afghanistanunveiled/women.html

WOMEN DEMAND CLEAR DEFINITION OF ?CITIZEN? IN CONSTITUTION, Peace
Women: http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Afghanistan/Dec03/demand.html

IN AFGHANISTAN, DANGER STILL STALKS WOMEN, Women?s eNews:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2330/context/archive

AFGHAN WOMEN DEMAND MORE RIGHTS, BBC:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2330/context/archive

AFGHANISTAN: WOMEN UNDER ATTACK FOR ASSERING RIGHTS, Peace Women:
http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Afghanistan/Oct04/hrwreport.html

WHAT NOW FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ?, Find Articles:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3820/is_200310/ai_n9313849

THE REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN, Lip Magazine:
http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featyankowski_151.shtml


Kind regards,
Kriswrite

KEYWORDS USED: 
Afghanistan women rights

Very nice list of websites.  They were very informative.  A little
more direction for how to proceed through them or look at them would
have been best but this was still very useful.  I am curious though,
how long did it take you to research this and find all of these sites?
Thanks!

I just finished reading The Bookseller of Kabul which describes the
day-to-day lives of an Afghan family. The story is gripping, the
writing beautiful and the description of women's lives painful and
disheartening. I highly recommend this book which has become somewhat
controversial as you can see from these articles.

Enjoy!

http://www.twbookmark.com/books/83/0316734500/
The Bookseller of Kabul
by Åsne Seierstad

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/travel/0,6121,1032372,00.html#article_continue
The Bookseller of Kabul
Family at war - with itself 
Åsne Seierstad lifts the lid on Afghan family life in her
fictionalised account of her time in Afghanistan, The Bookseller of
Kabul

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1046430,00.html
The Kabul bookseller, the famous reporter, and a 'defamation' of a nation 
An international bestseller has caused fury in the Afghan capital -
and the man on whom it is based has flown over to defend his name,
reports Tim Judah