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Sonali Kolhatkar serves on the Advisory Board of Cafe Intifada
Published on Monday, April 6, 2009 by CommonDreams.org
Trading Afghan Women’s Rights for Political Power
New Afghan Law Comes as No Surprise: Women’s Rights Have Always Been Traded for Political Power
by Sonali Kolhatkar
The proposed new Afghan law requiring (among other things), women to have sex with their husbands [...]
Posted in Advisory Board, Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, U.S. empire on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sonali Kolhatkar serves on the Advisory Board of Cafe Intifada.
The Orange County Peace Coalition Presents
“What You Need to Know About Afghanistan”
A Talk by KPFK’ Sonali Kolhatkar
www.uprisingradio.org <http://www.uprisingradio.org/>
Saturday, March 28th – 10:00 AM to Noon
St. Joseph Center – Library Conference Room
480 S. Batavia St., Orange 92868
Sonali Kolhatkar is co-director of the Afghan Women’s Mission, a [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Iraq, UTLA, Women's Lives on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sonali Kolhatkar serves on the Advisory Board of Cafe Intifada
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May 29th, 2008, Thursday 7:30 pm Golden Eagle Building, 3rd Floor Ballroom At Cal State LA!
Moderated by SONALI KOLHATKAR of KPFK 90.7 FM and “Afghan Women’s Mission”
Speakers Include:
RAED JARRAR, an Iraqi political analyst and consultant to American Friends Service Committee’s/Iraq Program currently based in Washington, D.C. After the [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Art and Activism, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SUNDAY MAY 11
10:30 – 11:30 am
A Mother’s Day talk by Afghan Women’s Mission Co-Director, Sonali Kolhatkar about “The Lives of Afghan Women.” Kolhatkar will address how US policy has affected Afghan women, before and during the US occupation of Afghanistan. She will also offer solutions on what Americans can do to end the war.
LOCATION: Sepulveda [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Afghanistan’s fiercest critic of the warlords, Malalai Joya, returns to the US for a brief visit. She will be addressing students and antiwar activists.
In May 2007, Joya was kicked out of Parliament for comparing the warlords to animals in a zoo in a TV interview. Thousands of Afghans protested across the [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Art and Activism, Human Rights, U.S. empire on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Malalai Joya——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Malalai Joya Needs Your Help Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 02:11:44 -0500 From: Afghan Women’s Mission Reply-To: Afghan Women’s Mission To: emmarosenthal@earthlink.net
Dear friends,
For the past several years, the Afghan Women’s Mission has been expressing ourmoral and financial solidarity with Afghan Parliamentarian Malalai Joya. AWM has organized two US tours [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan, Art and Activism, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Human Rights, U.S. empire on May 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Bleeding Afghanistan By Sonali Kolhatkar and Jim Ingalls
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On May 18th and 19th, Afghan Women’s Mission Co-Directors, Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls will discuss the escalating war in Afghanistan. Recent demonstrations in Herat and Nangarhar in opposition to the US occupation indicate that Afghanistan may be going in the direction of [...]
Posted in Afghan Women's Mission, Afghanistan on December 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
COME TO OUR 2nd ANNUAL FAIR-TRADE CRAFTS FAIR
Holiday Gifts with a Conscience!
WHEN: Saturday December 9th, 11am – 4pm
WHERE: Echo Park Methodist Church, 1226 N. Alvarado St. Los Angeles, CA
Browse through a large selection of affordable, sweat-shop free crafts made by
artisans internationally and locally including embroidered pillow-covers, wallets
and purses from Afghanistan, locally made silver jewelry, blankets,
scarves [...]
