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Welcome! Welcome to the second issue of our quartely e-newsletter, Itihad-e-Zan, which means "Community of Women": all of WAW's news, stories, updates and advocacy messages are rooted in the lives, experiences, opinions and priorities of the Afghan women and girls we are privileged to serve. We timed this issue to correspond with the opening of our Children's Support Center in Kabul. We hope you read the updates, forward the e-news to your friends, and consider a gift, small or large, to help us in our efforts to secure, protect, and advance the human rights of Afghan women and girls.
Feature
Semin's Story
This quarter's e-newsletter features Semin. She and her children are pictured in our header graphic in this issue.
In 2007 Women for Afghan Women opened a shelter in Mazar-e-Sharef. One of our first employees there was a mom in her late 30s, Semin. She had been residing in our shelter in Kabul with her 3 children. Click here to continue reading Semin's story.
Semin.
WAW News
Update from AfghanistanWomen for Afghan Women has been trying for several years to create a healthy, supportive option for the children who are confined to living in prison with their mothers. Like their mothers, they endure miserable living conditions and have limited or no access to recreational activities, education or training. Thanks to funding from the European Commission we are now able to offer a carefully crafted alternative for these prison children and other children living alone in our shelters. You can send an email to Manizha Naderi to become a sponsor right now! Or, you can click here to read more about our new Children's Support Center, and learn more about sponsorship.
Obaida, one of the children in need of sponsorship.
Click to read her story and see how you can help!
Update from QueensThe work of the Queens staff continues to blossom with unwavering dedication to the mission of WAW to empower Afghan women. The Queens office provides social services, ESL classes, introductory computer courses, tutoring sessions for children of all ages, and the newly introduced citizenship assistance course held on Wednesday afternoons. Click here to read more about the goings-on in Queens.
The Queens staff celebrate Eid.
Update on Afghan Women's Fund
Much has been accomplished in recent months thanks to the Afghan Women's Fund. Many girls' schools and shoras (women's work collective) receive ongoing support from AWF. Click here to read more about AWF's recent work.
An Afghan woman working through an AWF-funded shora.
Special Statement
WAW Special Statement on Troop Levels in Afghanistan
Keeping Our Promise to Afghan Women
All the board members of Women for Afghan Women except one, and our Executive Director, are in consensus behind the following statement about the role of the United States in Afghanistan. We have worked hard to come to consensus internally since January, and feel we must make this statement while being transparent about the fact that one board member respectfully disagrees. The great strength in WAW is that we are able to stand in unity behind our mission, in spite of fundamental differences.
"Women for Afghan Women deeply regrets having a position in favor of maintaining, even increasing troops. We are not advocates for war, and conditions did not have to reach this dire point, but we believe that withdrawing troops means abandoning 15 million women and children to madmen who will sacrifice them to their lust for power." Click here to read the entire statement from WAW.
WAW in the News
News Articles Featuring WAWCheck out these links featuring WAW!
July 14, 2009: The LA Times features WAW- "Afghan victims of abuse find refuge"
September 24, 2009: WAW Featured on CNN on the Web and on television- "Afghan women hiding for their lives" Click here to watch the video.
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