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  The SAWAN

SAWA-Australia newsletter The SAWAN is available for download in PDF format.

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No. 25

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February 2010

  • Personal stories from the Vocational Training Centre
  • Family tragedy at Hewad High School
  • UN: Public space for Afghan women is shrinking
  • UNICEF: Afghanistan especially dangerous for girls
  • Women lead protest against government corruption
  • Reports from local groups
  • Visit of SAWA secretary Barbara James to the USA

No. 24

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October 2009

  • Women journalists threatened
  • Computers in Hewad High School
  • What does the average Afghan think of the foreign presence in their country?
  • Birthing kit assembly in Castlemaine
  • Fundraising ideas
  • The fundraiser (organized by RAWA), a poem
  • Contact addresses and reports from local groups

No. 23

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August 2009

  • RAWA member Shazia speaks in Australia
  • Handicraft production at the Vocational Training Centre
  • Situation of women and girls deteriorates
  • The Voice of the Voiceless, report on Shazia's visit by Zonta member Jodi Knoop
  • Local groups report on Shazia's visit
  • Bleeding Afghanistan, a book by Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls
  • Raising my Voice, a book by Malalai Joya
  • A thank you to our supporters
  • Around the World in 60 Minutes: fundraising in Adelaide
  • SAWA starts local groups in all states
  • SAWA now on Facebook
  • Bits and pieces from the media

No. 22

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May 2009

  • The draft Shia Family Law and women's rights
  • AFCECO's orphanages
  • International Women's Day in Hewad High School
  • Taliban threaten co-education
  • April fundraising night in Adelaide
  • Birthing kit packing in Sydney
  • SAWA financial statement for 2008

No. 21

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February 2009

  • Computer course at Hewad High School
  • Where do refugees go when they go home?
  • Birthing kits
  • An urgent appeal for the Vocational Training Centre
  • Fundraising around the country

No. 20

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November 2008

  • Successful fundraising in Sydney
  • Recognition for SAWA secretary Barbara James
  • An invitation from OEEGA
  • Computers for Hewad High School
  • New SAWA greeting cards
  • A visit to Kabul, October 2008
  • First semester results handed out at the Vocational Training Centre

No. 19

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August 2008

  • Khewa camp abandoned
  • Is Australia supporting the wrong forces?
  • Labor, Liberals and Malalay Joya; a documentation
  • Much fundraising activity around the country
  • New photos from Hewad High School
  • Loreto College gets letters from Hewad School
  • Afghan handicraft for sale

No. 18

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May 2008

  • RAWA celebrates International Women's Day
  • Harsh winter and rising food prices mean despair for many widows
  • The Vocational Training Center opens its doors
  • Help us to give computers to Hewad High School!
  • Fundraising in NSW, Queensland and South Australia
  • SAWA's tax deductibility status and related changes to its constitution
  • SAWA financial statement for 2007

No. 17

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February 2008

  • RAWA opens a Vocational Training Centre in Kabul
  • News from Hewad High School
  • More birthing kits for rural Afghan women
  • Fundraising for RAWA in Inverloch, Victoria; CITCSA support in Adelaide
  • Young Afghan journalist condemned to death
  • Oxfam: too much aid to Afghanistan wasted, growing corruption, no security
  • UNICEF's photo of the year 2007

No. 16

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November 2007

  • Closure of Khewa camp causes misery and distress
  • Widow Support project offers a promising start
  • November is fundraising month!
  • SAWA provides 2000 birthing kits for rural Afghanistan
  • SAWA and Friends of RAWA Japan take responsibility for Hewad High School in Rawalpindi
  • Interview with Malalai Joya

No. 15

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August 2007

  • RAWA member Sohaila in Australia:
    Sohaila in Castlemaine
    Sohaila in Adelaide
  • Pakistan forces closure of Naseema Shaheed High School
  • New SAWA project to support Kabul's widows
  • SAWA protests Malalai Joya's expulsion from parliament
  • A new documentary: View from a Grain of Sand

No. 14

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May 2007

  • Afghan MP Malalai Joya visits Australia
  • Shogofa, a student profile from Naseema Shaheed High School
  • Kabul, a city of widows
  • Willyama High School of Broken Hill becomes sister school to Naseema Shaheed High School
  • Next RAWA speaking tour planned for July
  • SAWA finanical statement for 2006

No. 13

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February 2007

  • Fundraising in Adelaide
  • Fundraising in Sydney
  • RAWA communiqué on Universal Human Rights Day
  • Pharmaceuticals for Malalai Clinic
  • Shukria, a teacher profile from Nasima Shaheed High School
  • A volunteer reports on her time with RAWA
  • The Taliban declare war on teachers

No. 12

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November 2006

  • Fundraising events around Australia
  • Malalai, a teacher profile from Nasima Shaheed High School
  • Taliban Country, a documentary by Carmela Baranowska
  • Head of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province killed by Taliban
  • The new life of General Rashid Dostum
  • Parliamentarian Malalai Joya confronts the fundamentalists

No. 11

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August 2006

  • RAWA interview with Times of India (Calcutta)
  • Activity Report for Nasima Shaheed High School
  • RAWA receives more medicines from OPAL
  • RAWA has support around the world
  • Support RAWA while searching the web!

No. 10

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May 2006

  • SAWA sends pharmaceuticals to Malalai Clinic
  • Malalai Hospital update
  • RAWA event on International Women’s Day in Kabul
  • New photos from Nasima Shaheed High School
  • RAWA plans to move orphanages from Pakistan to Afghanistan
  • RAWA’s Australian visit a great success
  • SAWA financial statement for 2005

No. 9

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February 2006

  • Nasima Shaheed High School
  • RAWA in Australia: forthcoming tour April/May 2006
  • SAWA sends pharmaceuticals to Malalai hospital
  • Busking to support Afghan girls
  • Headmaster beheaded in southern Afghanistan
  • Withdrawn article in the last SAWAN

No. 8

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November 2005

  • RAWA Australian tour
  • Women in Afghanistan: Expectations and Challenges; RAWA event in Adelaide
  • From Lismore
  • Women's rights magazine editor arrested in Afghanistan

No. 7

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August 2005

  • Oldest RAWA member passes away
  • U.S. funds Afghan Businesswomen's Federation
  • Parliamentary elections: Danger for women running for office
  • RAWA school at Khewa refugee camp
  • Fundraising - one woman's pilgrimage
  • IWPR launches new women's reporting programme
  • PARWAZ empowering Afghan women

No. 6

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May 2005

  • One woman's pilgrimage - long walk for RAWA
  • Fundraising in Victoria - Firbank Grammar School
  • Fundraising in South Australia
  • Afghani woman stoned to death
  • Canadian support for Afghan women
  • RAWA statement on International Women's Day
  • Domestic violence continues

No. 5

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February 2005

  • SAWA in South Australia
  • A direct appeal from RAWA
  • SAWA-Australia balance sheeet 2004
  • SAWA report 2003/2004
  • Afghan children manifesto

No. 4

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October 2004

  • Poem: The plight of the Afghan woman
  • An insight into Kabul University
  • More values taught in RAWA schools
  • "Weddings" Afghan style, an eyewitness report
  • Afghanistan: Traditional birth attendant programme opens
  • "Ignite the flame" - fundraising in Sydney

No. 3

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July 2004

  • Afghan women athletes to Athens
  • Recent awards and recognition for RAWA
  • Policies taught in RAWA schools
  • The voice of Afghan women reaches Fiji
  • Mildura happenings
  • Latest news from Afghanistan

No. 2

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April 2004

  • RAWA speaking tour
  • News from Afghanistan
  • SAWA fundraising
  • Mildura nurse worked in Afghanistan
  • Letter from Amnesty International

No. 1

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February 2004

  • What is SAWA-Australia?
  • SAWA excited by Afghan visit
  • SAWA fundraising
  • Letter from Canada
  • Letter from Anne Brodsky, author of "With all our Strength"
  • What your money buys in Afghanistan