Saturday, October 24, 2009

Conference Call with leading Afghan feminist: Zoya


Zoya is a member of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, a feminist group that combats the persecution of the Taliban and other extreme elements in Afghanistan. She is currently touring the United States, and you can check out a list of appearances by her and other members of the Afghan Women's Mission here. Despite her loathing of the Taliban Zoya feels that it would be best for her nation that the United States withdraw from Afghanistan. You can hear more about her vision during a conference call she will be conducting tomorrow. Zoya will speak for approximately 30 minutes, and I'm guessing that's probably from about 1:20 to 1:50. The details are below:

HEAR DIRECTLY FROM A WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST FROM AFGHANISTAN

Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:00 – 3:00 PM EasternTime. Call in to this number: 1-218-936-4700 . At the prompt, enter this access code: 575758# . Note: This conference will be recorded. If you cannot attend at the scheduled time, send an email to aluckste@psych.umaryland.edu with the subject line “Zoya Teleconf” to receive access instructions to the recorded version

RAWA’s position: “Liberation can only come from within – end the US occupation.”

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