Envisioning a world where no woman is
abused, poor, illiterate or marginalized; where women have full and equal participation
in processes that ensure their health, well-being, and economic independence; and where
women have the freedom to define their lives, future and reach their full potential.
That is the credo of an organization helping women in war-torn areas of the world.
In response to the crisis in Afghanistan,
Women for Women International has expanded, and
launched their new Global Voices Program: A Community Partnership, providing communities
of Afghan women with basic necessities like nutritious food, school fees for their
children, and emergency preparation for the harsh winter.
For Afghan women seeking health care,
it’s been a classic Catch-22. When the Taliban came to power, women were told they could
see only female doctors. But at the same time, all professional women — including
doctors and nurses — were told they could no longer work. Routed from power
and retreating to mountain hideouts now, the Taliban leave behind a terrible legacy:
rampant disease rates, especially tuberculosis, and a staggering loss of life among
the women of Afghanistan.
Women
for Women International is trying to offer a real opportunity for addressing some
of the underlying factors in the appalling health situation of women in Afghanistan.
They are seeking donations and sponsorships.
Tomorrow, the three-month anniversary of the September 11
attacks, President George W. Bush is asking countries across the world to hold
remembrance events and to play their national anthems or other appropriate music at the
exact moment the first airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York (8:46 EST).
Similar events will take place at the
Pentagon, in New York, and in Pennsylvania. The President will ask the United Nations,
and all U.S. embassies, posts and agencies to hold events in countries around the world.
The President will also encourage the U.S. Congress and citizens all across the world
to join in this remembrance on December 11 by holding similar events in their communities.
NASA will hold a special remembrance
event in space. These worldwide events are designed to help ensure that the world never
"forgets," and to help remind the world that, as the President said in his speech to a
joint session of Congress, the terrorists' dark and frightening vision
will soon be relegated to history's unmarked graves of discarded lies.
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Tomorrow, the three-month anniversary of the September 11
attacks, President George W. Bush is asking countries across the world to hold
remembrance events and to play their national anthems or other appropriate music at the
exact moment the first airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York (8:46 EST).