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Celebrating Women - 12 March 2004

So yesterday the Bubble Boy in Chief was crowing about "his record in advancing human rights for women, highlighting the administration's policies in Iraq and Afghanistan." (And as Maru notes, one of the Libyan "women" he praised isn't even female!) And I thought, well, that's a unique perspective I haven't seen anyone else claim, particularly not women in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here are some first-hand sites you might want to visit:
RAWA (the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and their statement on International Women's Day
Afghan Women's Mission
Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan
Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls
Women for a Free Iraq
The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq
Amnesty International report on domestic violence in Iraq
Act Together: Women's Action for Iraq
The Nation: Women Under Siege
Lastly, a couple blogs:
Back to Iraq (Chris Albritton) - Iraqi women protest changing family laws
And of course, Riverbend