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Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 15:42:26 -0700
From: Shamanes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Shama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Women In Afganiastan
Dear Friends,
This was sent to me by Jeremy Paster who is someone
that I have great respect for. He is an activist who has
frequently put himself on the line to make positive social
changes. Please take the time to sign this, and send it on to
your e-mail list. Thank you. Scott
Please do not ignore this email unless you prefer to. Madhu, the
government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women. Since the
Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and
have been beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper
attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh covering in
front of their eyes.
One woman was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists
for accidentally exposing her arm while she was driving. Another
was stoned to death for trying to leave the country with a man
that was not a relative. Women are not allowed to work or even go
out in public without a male relative; professional women such as
professors,translators, doctors, lawyers, artists and writers
have been forced from their jobs and stuffed into their
homes.Homes where a woman is present must have their windows
painted so that she can never be seen by outsiders They must wear
silent shoes so that they are never heard.
Women live in fear of their lives for the slightest misbehavior.
Because they cannot work, those without male relatives or
husbands are either starving to death or begging on the street,
even if they hold Ph.D.s. Depression is becoming so widespread
that it has reached emergency levels. There is no way in such an
extreme Islamic society to know the suicide rate with certainty,
but relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among
women, who cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe
depression and would rather take their lives than live in such
conditions,has increased significantly.
There are almost no medical facilities available for women. At
one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still,
nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped
in their burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but
slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen crouched
in corners, perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear.
One doctor is considering, when what little medication that is
left finally runs out, leaving these women in front of the
president's residence as a form of protest. It is at the point
where the term "human rights violations" has become an
understatement.
Husbands have the power of life and death over their women
relatives, especially their wives, but an angry mob has just as
much right to stone or beat a woman, often to death, for exposing
an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest way. Women
enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress generally as they
wanted, and drive and appear in public alone until only 1996. The
rapidity of this transition is the main reason for the depression
and suicide; women who were once educators or doctors or simply
used to basic human freedoms are now severely restricted and
treated as subhuman in the name of right-wing fundamentalist
Islam.
It is not their tradition or 'culture,' but it is alien to them,
and it is extreme even for those cultures where fundamentalism is
the rule. Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence,
even if they are women in a Muslim country. If we can threaten
military force in Kosovo in the name of human rights for the sake
of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the world can certainly express
peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and injustice
committed against women by the Taliban.
STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current treatment
of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves
action by the United Nations and that the current situation
overseas will not be tolerated. Women's Rights is not a small
issue anywhere, and it is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2000 to be
treated as subhuman and so much as property. Equality and human
decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives in
Afghanistan or elsewhere.
1) Suzanne Dathe, Grenoble, France
2) Laurence COMPARAT, Grenoble,France
3) Philippe MOTTE, Grenoble, France
4) Jok FERRAND, Mont St Martin, France
5) Emmanuelle PIGNOL, St Martin d'Heres, FRANCE
6) Marie GAUTHIER, Grenoble, FRANCE
> � > 7) Laurent VESCALO, Grenoble,FRANCE
> � > 8) Mathieu MOY, St Egreve, FRANCE
> � > 9) Bernard BLANCHET, Mont St Martin, FRANCE
> � > 10) Tassadite FAVRIE, Grenoble, FRANCE
> � > 11) Loic GODARD, St Ismier, FRANCE
> � > 12) Benedicte PASCAL, Grenoble, FRANCE
> � > 13) Khedaidja BENATIA, Grenoble, FRANCE
> � > 14) Marie-Therese LLORET, Grenoble,FRANCE
> � > 15) Benoit THEAU, Poitiers, FRANCE
> � > 16) Bruno CONSTANTIN, Poitiers, FRANCE
> � > 17) Christian COGNARD, Poitiers, FRANCE
> � > 18) Robert GARDETTE, Paris, FRANCE
> � > 19) Claude CHEVILLARD, Montpellier, FRANCE
> � > 20) gilles FREISS, Montpellier, FRANCE
> � > 21) Patrick AUGEREAU, Montpellier, FRANCE.
> � > 22) Jean IMBERT, Marseille, FRANCE
> � > 23) Jean-Claude MURAT, Toulouse, France
> � > 24) Anna BASSOLS, Barcelona, Spain
> � > 25) Mireia DUNACH, Barcelona, Spain
> � > 26) Michel VILLAZ, Grenoble, France
> � > 27) Pages Frederique, Dijon, France
> � > 28) Rodolphe FISCHMEISTER, Chatenay-Malabry, France
> � > 29) Francois BOUTEAU, Paris, France
> � > 30) Patrick PETER, Paris, France
> � > 31) Lorenza RADICI, Paris, France
> � > 32) Monika Siegenthaler, Bern, Switzerland
> � > 33) Mark Philp, Glasgow, Scotland
> � > 34) Tomas Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 35) Jonas Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 36) Karin Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 37) Ake Ljung, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 38) Carina Sedlmayer, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 39) Rebecca Uddman, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 40) Lena Skog, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 41) Micael Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 42) Britt-Marie Folke, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 43) Birgitta Schuberth, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 44) Lena Dahl, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 45) Ebba Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 46) Jessica Carlsson, Vaxjo, Sweden
> � > 47) Sara Blomquist, Vaxjo, Sweden
> � > 48) Magdalena Fosseus, Vaxjo, Sweden
> � > 49) Charlotta Langner, Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 50) Andrea Egedal, Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 51) Lena Persson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 52) Magnus Linder, Umea ,Sweden
> � > 53) Petra Olofsson, Umea, Sweden
> � > 54) Caroline Evenbom, Vaxjo, Sweden
> � > 55) Asa Pettersson, Grimsas, Sweden
> � > 56) Jessica Bjork, Grimsas, Sweden
> � > 57) Linda Ahlbom Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 58) Jenny Forsman, Boras, Sweden
> � > 59) Nina Gunnarson, Kinna, Sweden
> � > 60) Andrew Harrison, New Zealand
> � > 61) Bryre Murphy, New Zealand
> � > 62) Claire Lugton, New Zealand
> � > 63) Sarah Thornton, New Zealand
> � > 64) Rachel Eade, New Zealand
> � > 65) Magnus Hjert, London, UK
> � > 67) Madeleine Stamvik, Hurley, UK
> � > 68) Susanne Nowlan, Vermont, USA
> � > 69) Lotta Svenby, Malmoe, Sweden
> � > 70) Adina Giselsson, Malmoe, Sweden
> � > 71) Anders Kullman, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 72) Rebecka Swane, Stockholm,Sweden
> � > 73) Jens Venge, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 74) Catharina Ekdahl, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 75) Nina Fylkegard, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 76) Therese Stedman, Malmoe, Sweden
> � > 77) Jannica Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 78) Douglas Bratt
> � > 79) Mats Lofstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 80) Li Lindstrom, Sweden
> � > 81) Ursula Mueller, Sweden
> � > 82) Marianne Komstadius, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 83) Peter Thyselius, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 84) Gonzalo Oviedo, Quito, Ecuador
> � > 85) Amalia Romeo, Gland, Switzerland
> � > 86) Margarita Restrepo, Gland, Switzerland
> � > 87) Eliane Ruster, Crans p.C., Switzerland
> � > 88) Jennifer Bischoff-Elder, Hong Kong
> � > 89)Azita Lashgari, Beirut, Lebanon
> � > 90)Khashayar Ostovany, New York, USA
> � > 91)Lisa L Miller, Reno NV
> � > 92)Danielle Avazian, Los Angeles, CA
> � > 93) Sara Risher, Los Angeles, Ca.
> � > 94) Melanie London, New York, NY
> � > 95) Susan Brownstein , Los Angeles, CA
> � > 96) Steven Raspa, San Francisco, CA
> � > 97) Margot Duane, Ross, CA
> � > 98) Natasha Darnall, Los Angeles, CA
> � > 99) Candace Brower, Evanston, IL
> � > 100) James Kjelland, Evanston, IL
> � > 101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
> � > 102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
> � > 103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
> � > 104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
> � > 105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
> � > 106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA
> � > 107) Amy J. Singer, Pflugerville, TX USA
> � > 108) Milissa Bowen, Austin, TX USA
> � > 109) Michelle Jozwiak, Brenham, TX USA
> � > 110) Mary Orsted, College Station, TX USA
> � > 111) Janet Gardner, Dallas, TX USA
> � > 112) Marilyn Hollingsworth, Dallas, TX USA
> � > 113) Nancy Shamblin, Garland. TX USA
> � > 114) K. M. Mullen, Houston, TX - USA
> � > 115) Noreen Tolman, Houston, Texas - USA
> � > 116) Judy Bechtel, Merced, CA - USA
> � > 117) Delores Iliff, FL, USA
> � > 118) Nicole Propper, FL, USA
> � > 119) Bonnie LaChance, FL, USA
> � > 120) JoAnn Blades, FL, USA
> � > 121) Pam Blades, FL, USA
> � > 122) Louise Campbell, FL, USA
> � > 123) Marcy DeSanto, FL, USA
> � > 124) Donald Blades, FL,USA
> � > 125) Tom LaChance, FL, USA
> � > 126) Craig Huff, GA, USA
> � > 127) Karen Huff, FL, USA
> � > 128) Heather Huff, GA, USA
> � > 129) Franki Silcox GA, USA
> � > 130) Karin Horn, TX, USA
> � > 131) Lara Nelson, OH, USA
> � > 132) Beth Pilous, OH, USA
> � > 133) Sarah Clare, OH, USA
> � > 134) Carla Roth, OH, USA
> � > 135) Jenny Zukowski, MI, USA
> � > 136) Amanda Silic, MI, USA
> � > 137) Heather Gilroy, MD, USA
> � > 138) Kat Carrion, MD USA
> � > 139) Michelle Stryjewski, MD USA
> � > 140) Elizabeth H Stevens, OR, USA
> � > 141) Alice Stevens, OR, USA
> � > 142) Tyler R. Monzie/ OR/ USA
> � > 143) Allea Martin, OR, USA
> � > 145) Jose Tancuan, Or, USA
> � > 146) Akia Woods, OR USA
> � > 147) Bernie Gardent, OR, USA
> � > 148) Leslie Hall, OR, USA
> � > 149) Susan J. Woods, OR, USA
> � > 150 [Cegelnik, Dixie] , OR, USA
> � > 151 Susan Amburgey, OR, USA
> � > 152 Cindy Harboldt, OR, USA
> � > 153 Richard Rehm, CA, USA
> � > 154. Lyn Lindsay, CA, USA
> � > 155. Alma Gilligan, CA, USA
> � > 156. Maureen Lechwar, CA, USA
> � > 157. Leslie Morales, CA, USA
> � > 58. Marci Marcantonio, CA, USA
> � > 159. Jill Haskins, CA, USA
> � > 160. Jacqueline Gouly, CA, USA
> � > 161. Janet Talbott, CA, USA
> � > 162. Manjula Subbiah, CA, USA
> � > 163. Susan Duncan, CA, USA
> � > 164. Blanca E. Reynoso, CA, USA
> � > 165. Ruth C. Reynoso, Ca, USA
> � > 166. Phyllis H. Rawlins, Anaheim, CA, USA
> � > 167. Lori Rice, Naples, Italy
> � > 168. Mina Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA (Turkey)
> � > 169. Fred Giovannitti, Las Vegas, USA
> � > 170. Noelle Brunelle, NV, USA
> � > 171. Kimberly A. Karl, NV, USA
> � > 172. Alana Segall, NV, USA
> � > 173. Mark Leonard, NV, USA
> � > 174. Nancy Leonard, NV, USA
> � > 175. Troy Leonard, NV, USA
> � > 176. Robert Mock AZ. USA
> � > 177. Patty Flanigan AZ, USA
> � > 178. William A Towne III, AZ, USA
> � > 179. Ellen J. Matheson, Los Angeles, CA, USA
> � > 180. Theresa Leets, Los Angeles, CA, USA
> � > 181. G. Ahou Soomekh, Los Angeles, CA, USA
> � > 182. Ronith Herman, El Paso, TX
> � > 183. Lauren R. Stein, PA, USA
> � > 184. Michelle F. King, PA, USA
> � > 185. Jere' Webb, CA, USA
> � > 186. Kim Anderson, CA USA
> � > 187. Kirsten Hinsdale, VA, USA
> � > 188. Ronald David, Wash, DC
> � > 189. Cheryl Barnes, Buffalo, NY
> � > 190. Dawne David, Wash DC, USA
> � > 191. Madhu Dutta New Delhi, India
> � > 192. Madhu Sen New Delhi, India
> � > 193. Alokparna, VA USA
> � > 194. Anjali Dasgupta, MS USA
> � > 195. Tilottama Brahmachari, NJ, USA
> � > 196. Chandrima Datta Ray, MS, USA
> � > 197. Jaydip Datta Ray, MS, USA
> � > 198. Maria Florencia Vidano, MA, USA
> � > 199. Matteo Dufour,Genova, Italia
> � > 200. Francois Dufour, Lugano, Switzerland
> � > 201. Francesco Ricasoli, Firenze, Italia
> � > 202. Lena Larsson, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 203. Katarina Wigle, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 204. Petter Aberg, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 205. Per-Anders Stensson, Uppsala, Sweden
> � > 206. Malin Martensson, Uppsala, Sweden
> � > 207. Maria Carlstedt
> � > 208. Eli Cathrine Wilhelmsen, Uppsala, Sweden
> � > 209. AnnaMaria Billing, Uppsala, Sweden
> � > 210. Christina Molnar, Uppsala, Sweden
> � > 211. Christina Bergmark, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 212. Katarina Mimmi Spang, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 213. Marta Terese Mornvik, Stockholm, Sweden
> � > 214. Sofi Hakansson, Malmo, Sweden
> � > 215. Asa Grogarn Sol, Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 216. Anders Jonsson, Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 217. Asa Ericsson, Goteborg, Sweden
> � > 218. Elna Foleide Selle, Bergen, Norway
> � > 219. Brynjar Stautland, Bomlo, Norway
> � > 220. Berte Figenschou Amundsen, Trondheim, Norway
> � > 221. Marte Morkved-Romstad, Oslo, Norway
> � > 222. Kjersti Forbregd, Trondheim, Norway
> � > 223. Inger Margrethe Torgersen, Oslo, Norway
> � > 224. Lisbeth Skogstrand, Oslo, Norway
> � > 225. Ragnhild Skogstrand, Stokmarknes, Norway
> � > 226. Hanne Husaas, Lier, Norway
> � > 227. Helena Wikstrom, Lund, Sweden
> � > 228. Kimberly Rapport, Ca, USA
> � > 229. Kristie Bennett, San Jose, CA, USA
> � > 230. Debi Di Bias, Santa Monica, CA, USA
> � > 231. Whitney Allen, San Francisco, CA USA
> � > 232. Kaaren Shalom, Los Angeles, CA USA
> � > 233. Gretchen German, Los Angeles, CA USA
> � > 234. Susan Peretz, Los Angeles, CA USA
> � > 235. Caryn West, Los Angeles, CA. USA
> � > 236. Heather Juergensen, Los Angeles, CA USA
> � > 237. Camryn Manheim. Los Angeles, CA USA
> � > 238. Julia Gibson, New York, NY USA
> � > 239. Elizabeth Arnold, New York, NY USA
> � > 240. Deanne Lorette, New York, NY USA
> � > 241. Bernard K. Addison, New York, NY USA242.
> � > 242. Elizabeth Kay, Astoria, NY USA
> � > 243. Alicia Benjamin, Southwick, MA, USA
> � > 244. Brian Whitten and Family, Westfield, Ma. USA
> � > 245 Debbie Allis and Family, Ware, Ma. USA
> � > 246 Diane Fiorentino & Family, Ware, MA USA
> � > 247 Carlos Straight & Family, Ware, MA USA
> � > 248 Anne Schwartz and Family, Bethel, CT, USA
> � > 249 John Eisenhardt, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
> � > 250 Katherine Nohr, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
> � > 251 Susan Connell, Washington, DC, USA
> � > 252 Karen Burcham, Washington, DC, USA
> � > 253 Lori McGehee, Denver CO, USA
> � > 254 Lisa Cutter, Littleton, CO, USA
> � > 255 Leanne Goebel, Castle Rock, CO, USA
> � > 256 Nancy Rupp, New York, NY
> � > 257. Greg Zukowski, New York, NY
> � > 258. Cecily Miller, New York, NY
> � > 259. Jocelyn Miller, New York, NY
> � > 260. Mark Jordan, New York, NY
> � > 261. Jill Shiffman, St. Kitts, West Indies
> � > 262.� Laurie Greller, Washington, DC=20
> � > 263.� Hope Kaufman, Washington, DC=20
> � > 264.� Duane Derksen, Peoria, IL
> � > 265.� Connie Hart, Calgary, AB
> � > 266.� Ruth DeGama, Calgary, AB
> � > 267.� Amanda McBride, Calgary, AB, Canada
> � > 268.� Vanessa Crittenden, Colorado, U.S.A.
> � > 269.� Beth Bennett, Boulder, CO, USA
> � > 270.� Judy Ruckman, Boulder, CO, USA
> � > 271.� Andy Herring, Golden, CO, USA
> � > 272. Marjorie McCloy, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
> � > 273. Connie Poole, Boulder, CO, USA
> � > 274. Ann Siemon, Laguna Beach, CA, USA
> � > 275. Pam Boyer, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
> � > 276.� Jill Austin, Kansas City, Missiouri, USA
> � > 278.� Roger Hagen, Nelson, New Zealand
> � 279. Lorraine Hagen, Nelson New Zealand
> � 280. Barbara Stone, Papakura, New Zealand
> � 281.�� Teresa Scheer, Snells Beach, New Zealand
> � 282.�� Gail Taylor, Snells Beach, New Zealand
> � 283. Nadine Piclisan-Perrin, Timisoara, New Zealand
> � 284. Alin Piclisan-Perrin, Timisoara, New Zealand
> � 285. Ann Lake, Snells Beach, New Zealand
> � 286. Anthony Wall, BC, Canada
> 287.� Trevor Forbes , BC, Canada
> 288. Terri Hill, BC, Canada
> 289. Ron Guthrie, B.C. Canada
> 290. Rick Lawrence, B.C. Canada
> 291. robert potter, errington, canada
> 292. Emily Potter, Errington, Canada
> 293. Margaret Potter, Victoria, B.C.
> 294. Bruce Brackney, Victoria, B.C.
> 295. Roz Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA
> 296. Tom Vinetz, Los Angeles, CA
> 297. Sherie Scheer, Venice, CA, USA
298. Laurel de Leo, Pacific Palisades CA USA
299. Richard Wegman, Beverly Hills CA USA
300. Jeremy Paster, Sherman Oaks CA USA
301. Scott Catamas, Bel Air, CA
302. Judith Malin, Granada Hills, CA USA
303. Michael Spitzer, Prescott Valley, AZ, USA
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