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Sahar Saba of RAWA/Liberation from War: Afghan Women Resist

Date:
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Steven Tobin
Location Details:
St. Johns Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave, Berkeley

THE BUDDHIST PEACE FELLOWSHIP

presents



LIBERATION FROM WAR: AFGHAN WOMEN RESIST


With Sahar Saba of



The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)





Sahar Saba is a spokeswoman for the Revolutionary Association of the Women
of Afghanistan. Serving on RAWA’s foreign affairs committee, Sahar has
traveled to many countries in the past several years to speak on behalf of
RAWA. Sahar was born in Kabul; in 1979, her family fled Afghanistan
to the refugee camps in Pakistan to escape the Soviet invasion, and she
was educated at one of RAWA’s underground schools.



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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. The founders were a number of
Afghan woman intellectuals, led by Meena, who was assassinated in Quetta,
Pakistan in 1987 by Afghan agents of the KGB. 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. Despite the suffocating political
atmosphere, RAWA has been involved in widespread activities in different
socio-political arenas including educa! tion, health and income generation
as well as political agitation. Web site: http://www.rawa.org




Wednesday

April 7th, 2004, 7:00 PM

St. Johns Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave, Berkeley



Suggested donation: $20.00

No one turned away for lack of funds

For reservations call (510) 433--9928



All proceeds will benefit RAWA and the BPF

co-presented by Northern CA RAWA Supporters

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