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HOW YOU CAN HELP
Emergency
Emergency, the Italian human-rights organization featured
in "Afghanistan Year 1380," provides surgical care
and rehabilitation for civilian war victims. With programs
in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Cambodia, Emergency
focuses particularly on the treatment and rehabilitation of
victims of antipersonnel mines. The Emergency website is available
in four languages.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Health Care &
Human Rights | Women's
Organizations | Afghanistan
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HEALTH CARE & HUMAN
RIGHTS
Medecins
Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
Medecins Sans Frontieres delivers emergency aid to victims
of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters,
and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical
isolation. Check out the "Field News" area of the
website for updates about MSF's work throughout the world.
A traveling exhibit of the MSF Campaign for Access to Essential
Medicines may be in your area soon.
Physicians
for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights educates health professionals
and medical, public health and nursing students and organizes
them to become active in supporting a movement for human rights
and creating a culture of human rights in the medical and
scientific professions. PHR membership is open to all. Check
out the "Education" section of the website to learn
more about health and human rights, as well as the "Research
and Investigations" section for reports on over 50 countries.
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WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS
Acting
in Solidarity with Afghan People
ASAP is an organization of foreigners who partner with the
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).
ASAP works to increase global awareness of the state of women's
rights in Afghanistan, and to make those rights a priority
in the policies of foreign nations.
The
Afghan Women's Mission
Created in January of 2000 in response to the need for adequate
health care facilities for women in Afghanistan, The Afghan
Women's Mission is an association of foreigners who support
the activities of the Revolutionary Association of the Women
of Afghanistan. Click on "Breaking Afghani News" for
the latest articles and information on the state of Afghani
affairs.
The
Feminist Majority Foundation
An organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive
health, and non-violence, the Feminist Majority Foundation
began its Campaign to Help Afghani Women and Girls in 1997.
The campaign has worked to put pressure on the UN and the
US Government to provide aid and support for the empowerment
of Afghani women. The "Afghan Crafts" section provides
the opportunity to support Afghani women directly by buying
handmade crafts online. 100% of all sales go to providing
income for the women who made them and schools and health
care for their community.
Revolutionary
Association of the Women of Afghanistan
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
was established in 1977 to advocate the rights of women in
Afghanistan and increase their involvement in the social and
political activities, through campaigns of protest and awareness.
In addition to its resistance, it has brought schools, hospitals
and other services to Afghani refugees in Pakistan. With the
collapse of the Taliban last year, RAWA now finds itself striving
to make certain that women have a role in the new government.
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AFGHANISTAN
Afghan
Solidarity
Consisting largely of Afghan-Americans, Afghan Solidarity
works to promote peace and unity in Afghanistan, and awareness
of its culture and history abroad. The "Resources"
section contains papers and articles which provide background
to Afghanistan's history and people.
American-Arab
Anti Discrimination Committee
ADC is the largest Arab-American grassroots organization in
the United States, and is dedicated to combating defamation
and negative stereotyping of Arab Americans. The "Educational
Resources" section contains valuable background information
about Islam.
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LANDMINES
Adopt-a-Minefield
Coordinated by the U.N. Association of the USA, the U.N. Development
Programme, and the Better World Fund, Adopt-a-Minefield raises
funds for mine clearance operations. Every dollar raised is
forwarded to the United Nations. The website is a great source
of information on landmine history, current solutions, major
players in the anti-landmine campaign, and it offers curriculum
units for grade school through high school.
Clear
Landmines
Visitors to the Clear Landmines website can make free donations
(once a day) to the effort to eradicate landmines by the "click
of a button." The funds are administered and distributed
by the Canadian Landmine Foundation, and the site also has
free banner ads you can place on your site.
International
Campaign to Ban Landmines
The ICBL website is available in eight languages, and you
can find a calendar of international events, films about landmines,
contacts in your country and community, and the Landmine Monitor,
a measure of nations' compliance with the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.
Check out the U.S. Campaign at:
www.banmineusa.org.
Don't miss our interview
with ICBL founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams.
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