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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.
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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