Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 18:39:13 -0500 (EST)
From: owner-fem-alert@nmpinc.com
To: fem-alert@nmpinc.com
Subject: The Feminist Majority Foundation Online Update
Sender: owner-fem-alert@feminist.org
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Women's WebWorld --
The Feminist Majority Foundation Online
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1. Join the Feminist Majority's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in
Afghanistan
2. "Feminist Victories 1998!" Is Now Online!
3. Over 50 New Reviews of Feminist Mystery Books
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1. Just a year and a half ago, women in Afghanistan were educated at co-ed
schools and employed in the workforce. Today, women are beaten and shot at
for trying to exercise basic human rights. Since September 1996, when the
Taliban militia group took over the Afghan capital city of Kabul, women in
the majority of Afghanistan have been essentially under house arrest.
The Taliban:
* prohibits women from leaving their homes without a husband, father,
brother, or son, even when no surviving family members exist
* requires women who do leave their homes to be covered in a restrictive,
head-to-toe garment called a "burqa," with only a mesh opening to see and
breathe through. Many women are being run over by cars due to their
impaired vision.
* requires home owners to paint windows a non-transparent, opaque color if
women live inside
* bans girls from going to elementary school and banned women from attending
university
* bans women from working outside the home
* bans women from wearing shoes that make noise when they walk
The Taliban receives financial support from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, and
may receive support from the American oil company Unocal, if Unocal goes
ahead with plans to build a pipeline through Afghanistan.
The women of Afghanistan DESPERATELY NEED OUR HELP. Please go to
http://www.feminist.org/afghan/intro.html to learn more about the abuse of
women in Afghanistan and to find out what you can do to help restore Afghan
women's rights.
2. Feminist Victories 1998! ( http://www.feminist.org/other/victories.html
), a new feature of the Feminist Majority Foundation Online, includes a
compilation of this year's feminist accomplishments in business, education,
global concerns, government, health and science, lifestyle, and sports. It
also includes an opportunity for you to share a story about your own
personal accomplishments or struggles against injustice and to read stories
sent in by others. Take a moment to celebrate the feminist progress we have
made!
3. Over fifty new reviews of feminist mystery books are now available online
at our Feminist Mystery Corner. Go to
http://www.feminist.org/arts/mys_review.html to read the new reviews and
purchase the perfect weekend read, while at the same time supporting the
work of the Feminist Majority Foundation!
Women's Web World -- The Feminist Majority Foundation Online
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Women's WebWorld --
The Feminist Majority Foundation Online
http://www.feminist.org
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