Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan RAWA (of English Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, or in Persian. جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان, Jamiyat -e Enqelābi -ye Zanan -e Afghanestan, Pashtun: د افغانستان د ښڅو انقلابی جمعیت ) is a women's rights organization, which was founded in 1977 in Kabul in Afghanistan to fight for human rights and social justice and to participate in building a social and democratic government in Afghanistan. To achieve this goal, RAWA tried in political and social activities to include more women. The activities of RAWA extended soon to other areas such as education, education and medicine. Their work is entirely funded by donations.
After the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979, RAWA began to participate in the resistance struggles. In contrast to armed resistance, the organization tried to get through democracy and enlightenment to their destination. More and more women joined RAWA and their influence grew more and more.
In refugee camps in Pakistan began to RAWA activists to build hospitals and schools for Afghan refugee women and children. Soon they also offered literacy classes for illiterate and training for some professions, such as the nurse. The fundamentalists opposed the democratic and anti - fundamentalist RAWA because of this setting and because the RAWA women are not held to the Afghan women imposed by the Taliban ban on working. Many activists came so dearly. The founder and leader of RAWA, Meena Keshwar Kamal was assassinated in 1987.
Today RAWA tried to rebuild their country in a democratic, secular way, although they are exposed to while still violent attacks by the Taliban and other fundamentalists. Prompts you to remove the warlords from the government to disarm the private armies and bring all (war) criminals to justice. RAWA supports the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan.