Women for Afghan Women
Shattering Myths And Claiming The Future

Global Publishing at St. Martin’s Press
Edited by Sunita Mehta

This groundbreaking collection traces the history of women's rights and roles in Afghanistan over the past 30 years; it examines the current human rights crisis, and suggests realistic solutions for post-war Afghanistan.

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Contributors:
Foreword by Sima Wali
Introduction by Sunita Mehta and Homaira Mamoor
Fevziye Rahzogar Barlas
Freshta Amirzada
Eleanor Smeal
Sanaa Nadim
Arlene Lederman
Liz Gould and Paul Fitzgerald
Gloria Steinem
Weeda Mansoor
Sara Amiryar
Fahima Vorgetts
Halima Kazem
Zohra Yusuf Daoud
Lina Pallotta
Atia Gaheez
Ruth Messinger
Riffat Hassan
Angela King
Felicity Hill and Mikele Aboitiz
Irena Lieberman
Zohra Rasekh
Fariba Nawa
Masuda Sultan
Rina Amiri

Be A Grassroots Activist - help us distribute our book!

1. Order the book in your local bookstore and purchase one for your own book shelf.

2. Walk into all the bookstores in your neighborhood and make sure that our book is on the shelves.

3. If you want to give our book as Holiday gifts this year, plan ahead and save some money!
   Call Palgrave Customer Service at 1.800.221.7945, ext. 270, to place a bulk advance order.
   Over 10 copies counts as bulk and you will get a 50% discount!

4. Lastly, please visit www.amazon.com, and post (favorable) reviews. This is a great way of engaging
    in dialogue on the issues highlighted in the book, and bringing notice to it.


Help Raise Money For WAW!

If you order the book from us, 50% goes to WAW:
Mail us a check for $20 (includes cost of the book, shipping and handling) and we will mail you a book within a week via U.S. Postal Service.  Make check payable to Women for Afghan Women and mail to Women for Afghan Women, 32-17 College Point Blvd., Room 206, Flushing, NY  11354

Or you can order from www.amazon.com.

Thank you for supporting WAW!


Here's what people are saying about the book:

"A remarkable and timely book."
—Radhika Coomaraswamy, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

"Throw away clichéd ideas of Afghan women as passive, silent victims cowering under their burqas. The voices collected here—energetic, passionate, knowledgeable and wise—are the ones the world needs to hear if Afghanistan is to achieve real peace and solve its many problems."
—Katha Pollitt, Nation columnist and author of Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women,
  Politics, and Culture

"This important volume dispels many of the myths surrounding the Afghan people and their history and shows us, once more, that women’s participation is not only right and essential, but vital."
—Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Director of the Women and Public Policy Program, John F. Kennedy
  School of Government, Harvard University

"This book gives testament to the brilliance, power and potential of the women of Afghanistan. These voices must be heard."
—Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues and Necessary Targets

"This stimulating collection gives a voice to women whose voices have been shrouded in silence. To read the words of many of these remarkable women is to understand the truth behind—and beyond—the burqa."
—Shashi Tharoor, author and Head of the Department of Public Information, United Nations

"For decades images of Afghan women have been manipulated as symbols by male dominated political groups. In this book Afghan women, mostly those who have been forced to seek refuge abroad, tell their own stories of these decades of violence and how they hope to transform their own societies."
—Barnett Rubin, author of The Fragmentation of Afghanistan and The Search for Peace in
  Afghanistan

"A must read for anyone with questions regarding Muslim women."
—Dr. Faroque Khan, author of Story of a Mosque in America and Spokesperson for the Islamic
  Center of Long Island

"Over the last few months, many people have spoken on behalf of Afghan women; this book serves the invaluable function of allowing them to speak for themselves."
—Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace

For more information visit www.palgrave-usa.com or call (888) 221-7945 ext. 270

Sunita Mehta is the co-founder of Women for Afghan Women.

October 2002 / 272 pp. / 1-4039-6017-8 / $13.95 pb.