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Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan

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RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, [Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in Gender Equality in Afghanistan|Gender Equality in Afghanistan"], in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for [Pagelink infos="Universal Declaration of Human Rights|human rights"] and for social justice in Afghanistan. The founders were a number of Afghan woman intellectuals under the leadership of <a href="http://www.rawa.org/meena.html">Meena</a> who was assassinated in 1987 in Quetta, [Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in Gender Equality in Pakistan|Gender Equality in Pakistan"].

RAWA’s stated objective is to involve an increasing number of Afghan women in social and political activities aimed at acquiring women’s human rights and contributing to the struggle for the establishment of a government based on democratic and secular values in Afghanistan.
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	<li><a href="http://www.rawa.org/index.php">Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan</a></li>
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<h2 id="w_see-alsoafghanistan">See also[Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in Afghanistan|
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	<li>[Pagelink infos="Feminism|Feminism"]</li>
	<li>[Pagelink infos="Women for Afghan Women (WAW)|Women for Afghan Women"]</li>
	<li>[Pagelink infos="Women and the Conflict in Gender Equality in Afghanistan|Women and the Conflict in Gender Equality in Afghanistan"]</li>
	<li>[Pagelink infos="Gender Equality in Gender Equality in Afghanistan|Gender Equality in Gender Equality in Afghanistan"]</li>
	<li>[Pagelink infos="Afghan Women Skills Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Centre|Afghan Women Skills Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development Centre"]</li>
	<li>[Pagelink infos="Afghan Women's Association International|Afghan Women's Association International"]</li>
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