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Widowed hope.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
In Afghanistan, there are nearly one million widows, out of a total population estimated at about 27 million. Many of the women are widows as a result of war. The Christian Science Monitor reported about what it means to be a widow in that country: "Widows are very dependent on their in-laws. Particularly the husband's brothers, the male members of the family, have a lot of say. The widows can lose their homes, they can even lose their children."
"Widows are marginalized," continued the article, and other societal norms further stack the deck against them: "Women are not free to walk to a market and sell their goods.... Because women do not ride bicycles, they must walk miles." To help Afghani widows rise above poverty, two American women from Massachusetts who were 9/11 widows, Susan Retick and Patti Quigley, created their own charity--which got its start when the women donated much of the money they had received in compensation for their husbands' deaths.
The money raised goes toward assistance programs meant to give Afghani women freedom, a sense of self-worth, and a future for their children. The women in Afghanistan may be given "chickens, an incubator and three-month ...
- Carpets made by Afghani women wait for sponsors in Prague.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 18, 2005 700+ words
...afflicted areas, has displayed two carpets made by Afghani war widows within the "Happy Flying Carpets" project in the Nahrin...public fund-raisings, offering various small items made by Afghani women. The finances should help build wells, kindergartens and...
- Afghani women get physical.(DISPATCH)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Marie Claire Broudy, Oliver May 1, 2008 700+ words
When you think of Afghanistan, images of rock-hard abs and Stairmasters aren't the first things that leap to mind. But when Freshta Farah, a 35-year-old Afghan, heard that her government was offering small-business loans to people willing to set up shop in Kabul, she decided to open her country's
- FIRST PERSON GLOBAL.(Afghani women cautious about abandoning the burqa)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Conant, Eve January 14, 2002 700+ words
While driving through Kabul in November, I saw two women leaning against a stone wall, chatting with each other. They were both enveloped head to toe in light blue burqas, but that didn't seem to get in the way of their conversation, as they touched each other on the shoulder. One leaned back, it
- UNICEF CONCERNED AT PLIGHT OF AFGHANI WOMEN, CHILDREN.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News March 22, 2006 700+ words
KABUL, Mar 22 Asia Pulse - The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Tuesday urged the Afghan government and international community to urgently address the problems experienced by women and children in the impoverished country. A press release issued in Kabul by the UNICEF branch expressed concern
- Arzu seeks new distribution: rugs handcrafted by Afghani women.(News)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Home Textiles Today June 19, 2006 700+ words
Chicago -- Arzu, producer of high-end, hand-made rugs produced by women's cooperatives in Afghanistan, is starting to reach for broader distribution. For the past two years, the non-profit organization has sold its rugs through private parties and at exclusive charitable events. But Arzu recently
- Letter from Afghanistan.(aid worker describes the horrific plight of a group of...
- Magazine article from: The Nation Jones, Ann October 4, 2004 700+ words
The Bush Administration claims to have established democracy in Afghanistan--but what can "democracy" possibly mean when more than half the population is property? By tradition, every Afghan girl or woman has to be attached to some man--her father, husband, brother, son, uncle. Afghan men routinely
- IMG Home Stores Hold Charity Sale to Fill 747 Jet with Blankets and Coats for...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 17, 2003 700+ words
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- International Market Gallery home (IMG home), the leading direct importer and manufacturer of fine rugs and high quality home furnishings with stores throughout the Bay Area, today announced it will hold a charity sale to raise funds to clothe and provide
- Hey! Baby.
- Magazine article from: Curve DeVries, Gina February 1, 2004 700+ words
...Afghans--particularly Afghani women--are being treated...immigrate are women--widows who have male children...viewed as male, and Afghani women are [being] represented...their brutal rape of Afghani women ... and I thought...
- Terrible Taliban.
- Magazine article from: Herizons June 22, 1999 700+ words
...Since women are not allowed to work, widows or women with no husband or male relative...of hunger. But even in their homes, Afghani women are not safe; windows must be painted...percent of Afghanistan. A group of Afghani women refugees in Pakistan, RAWA, works...
- Women in Afghanistan secretly supporting those oppressed by Taliban.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) October 5, 2001 700+ words
...said Razia, 56, a war widow who fled her home near the...group, has been spiriting widows and destitute women out of...completely mad." Several Afghani women interviewed Thursday night...Sister, please, we are widows, please, some food, some...
Source: HighBeam Research, Widowed hope.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)