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Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)

RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977.

جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان (راوا) قدیمی ترین سازمان سیاسی - اجتماعی زنان افغان است كه از سال ۱۳۵۶ بدینسو بخاطر آزادی، دموكراسی و احقاق حقوق زنان در افغانستان بنیادگرا زده می‌رزمد.

If you are freedom-loving and anti-fundamentalist, you are with RAWA. Support and help us.

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RAWA commemorates the 38th anniversary of Meena Feb.4,2025 «راوا» یاد مینا را در سی‌وهشتمین سالروز شهادتش گرامی داشت Ceremony of Commemorating the Thirty-sixth Anniversary of Meena s Martyrdom Feb.4,2023 محفل یادبود از سی و ششمین سالروز شهادت مینا RAWA Protest on Human Rights Day Under the Savage Rule of the Taliban (Photos) December 10, 2021 RAWA Statement on the International Human Rights Day در نبود آزادی و دموکراسی، حقوق بشر مفهومی ندارد! RAWA's gathering on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women November 25, 2021 تجمع «راوا» به مناسب روز جهانی محو خشونت علیه زنان RAWA statement on the 20th anniversary of occupation of Afghanistan by US/NATO October 7, 2021 مبارزه زنان افغان برای آزادی و دموکراسی هرگز شکست نخواهد خورد! RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover August 20, 2021 یادبود از سی و سومین سالروز شهادت مینا در کابل RAWA commemorates Meena's 33rd martyrdom anniversary in a function in Kabul February 4, 2020 RAWA member attends Women in Black conference in India December 1, 2015 هفت و هشت ثوری‌های جانی عوامل سیهروزی مردم ما! The murderous criminals of 27th and 28th April are responsible for our people s suffering! April 27, 2015 RAWA member attends the First Middle East Democratic Youth Conference in Turkey March 28, 2015 با وحدت سرتاسری، اشغالگران امریکایی و ناتو را بروبیم! سرتاسري یووالي سره امریکایي او ناټو نیواکګر دمنځه یوسو! Let us drive away the US and NATO occupiers with our unity! 13th anniversary of US invasion - October 7, 2014 ... more RAWA Statements and Past Events

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The Reality of life in Afghanistan

Armed Taliban Interrupt Medical Graduation Over “Anti-Islamic” Neckties January 18, 2026, RAWA NEWS: Taliban morality enforcers (Religious police) disrupted a graduation ceremony for medical students in Herat on 16 January, entering the venue while armed and halting the program. During the incident, more than 50 graduates were forced to remove their neckties in front of hundreds of attendees. A video from the event shows armed Taliban members, including one carrying a Kalashnikov... Herat Female Taekwondo Coach Arrested by Taliban Amid Rising Crackdowns on Women January 18, 2026, RAWA NEWS: Herat, Afghanistan — Khadija Ahmadzada, a 22-year-old Afghan athlete and women’s taekwondo coach, was detained by Taliban “morality” forces on January 10, 2026 while training female students at a hidden sports club in Herat’s Jebrail district, according to local sources. Ahmadzada — who has been involved in taekwondo as both a competitor and coach and is reported to have been a member of Afghanistan’s national taekwondo team Young Woman Killed by Former Husband in Kabul January 15, 2026, RAWA NEWS: On January 5, 2026, a young woman named Mehr Sana was shot and killed by her former husband in front of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance in Kabul. The ministry is located near the Presidential Palace, in one of the city’s busiest areas with heavy daily pedestrian and vehicle traffic. Despite the area’s high visibility, the attacker managed to escape after the shooting. Afghanistan recognized as the worst country in the world for women January 6, 2026, Zamin: Researchers from Georgetown University (USA) studied the situation of women in 188 countries and identified Afghanistan as the most dangerous country for women in the world. In the annual report of the research, dated December 31, 2025, it was noted that after Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Haiti, and Burundi had the lowest ratings regarding women's safety and their rights. 17-Year-Old Newlywed Girl Mysteriously Killed in Kabul November 16, 2025, Hasht-e-Subh Daily: Local sources in Takhar’s Chah Ab district say that Farkhunda, a 17-year-old girl who married the son of a powerful local figure about a month and a half ago, has been killed under suspicious circumstances in Kabul. Sources said on the night of Sunday, November 16, 2025, that Farkhunda married Emadullah, the son of Haji Malang, 45 days ago, a marriage that, according to relatives, had been forced by the groom’s family, with Emadullah pressured by his father and brother to accept it. Over 150,000 Afghans Return from Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey in 15 Days Afghan Cricket players were killed in an air strike of Pakistan Over nine million people in Afghanistan face acute food insecurity: UN What restrictions have the Taliban imposed in Afghanistan this year? Afghanistan’s cellphone, internet services down after Taliban ordered cut Taliban hang man in public in Herat after execution-style shooting: Sources Afghanistan has its sharpest surge ever of child malnutrition, UN agency says Afghanistan: Taliban arrests at least seven journalists in July Taliban Intensifies Gender Apartheid: Dozens of Afghan Women Arbitrarily Detained for “Hijab Violations” Faces of the Afghans murdered by Taliban since ‘kill list’ leak “They threw us out like garbage” Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline Hundreds Of Thousands Of Afghans Forced To Leave Iran Amid Crackdown, UN Says Deadly Clashes Erupt Between Taliban and Locals in Badakhshan’s Khash District 45 Year-Old Man in Helmand Marries 6-Year-Old Afghan Girl Capturing the quiet resilience of Afghan women 8-Year-Old Afghan Refugee Girl Abducted and Murdered in Peshawar Where Is Zalala? Taliban Accused of Hiding the Truth Behind Missing Afghan Singer Savage Murder of Kobra Rezaee, Afghan Woman Buried by Silence in Iran Kabul Retirees Once Again Protest Against Taliban Over Unpaid Pensions Rights under constant attack in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan Taliban ban chess in Afghanistan, call it “haram” Young Woman Burns Herself to Death to Escape Forced Marriage to Taliban Under Taliban rule, women and girls in Afghanistan turn to drugs amid rising depression Populations in Afghanistan are facing systematic human rights violations perpetrated by the Taliban Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio What are the Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women? American Adult Film Actress Roams Afghanistan Armed with Taliban Weaponry How the BBC backs the Taliban “It’s a crime to be a girl”: The forgotten women of Afghanistan Taliban raids and suspends Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station A Look at the Taliban’s Draconian Rules That Have Crushed Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Independent judicial inquiry sees unlawful killings by UK special forces in Afghanistan Taliban leader bans windows overlooking places “usually used by women” The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails Unbroken Chains: The Continuity of Systemic Corruption in Afghanistan Afghanistan: Surge in synthetic drugs could threaten public health At least 10 people killed in Afghanistan as gunman opens fire at Sufi shrine Taliban Govt clearing “un-Islamic” books from Afghanistan shelves More... RAWA Home-based Classes for Afghan Girls RAWA Food Packages to Deprived Familes RAWA suverys displaced people in Herat RAWA suverys displaced people in Balkh "Globalization" of Poverty Hits Afghanistan Many Afghan Women Commit Self-immolations (Photos and Movie Clip) 7-year-old Samia Victim of Violence Destitution in Kabul Victims of the US strikes RAWA Schools more photos...

Books on RAWA and Afghan women:

Meena - Heroine of Afghanistan The Martyr who founded RAWA by Melody Ermachild Chavis Italian version published		Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence By Sonali Kolhatkar with James Ingalls
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Battle for Freedom by Zoya with John Follain and Rita Cristofari		With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan By Anne Brodsky

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