202 Altschul Hall
Oct 15, 2008 | 6:30PM

Postcards from Tora Bora

Wazhmah Osman and Kelly Dolak

In the summer of 2004, filmmakers Wazhmah Osman and Kelly Dolak set out to make an independent film that explored whether Afghan women’s lives had actually improved as a result of the US military campaign. The documentary that came out of this question, Postcards from Tora Bora, became far more than an exploration of women’s […]

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afghanistan, emotion, film, human rights, transnational, violence, war

2008
Oct 2, 2008

Women for Afghan Women

Recorded Oct 2, 2008

Fahima Vorgetts, Manizha Naderi and Esther Hyneman discuss their involvement with Women for Afghan Women (WAW), a grassroots civil society organization founded in April 2001, with offices in New York City and Kabul, dedicated to securing the rights of Afghan women. This discussion, titled "Women for Afghan Women: Two Models for Successful Grassroots Work in Afghanistan" took place on October 2, 2008 at Barnard College

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activism, afghanistan, economic justice, human rights, immigration, policy, transnational, violence, war

Sulzberger Parlor
Oct 2, 2008 | 5:30PM

Women for Afghan Women: Two Models for Successful Grassroots Work in Afghanistan

Fahima Vorgetts, Manizha Naderi and Mary Lu Christie '67

Women for Afghan Women (WAW), founded in April 2001, is a grassroots civil society organization with offices in New York City and Kabul, dedicated to securing the rights of Afghan women. WAW works both in New York and internationally to promote the agency of Afghan women through the creation of safe forums where Afghan women […]

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activism, afghanistan, economic justice, human rights, immigration, policy, transnational, violence, war

Scholar and Feminist Online: 2.1
Summer 2003

Public Sentiments

Ann Cvetkovich and Ann Pellegrini

Contributors include Nieves Ayress, Jean Carlomusto, Mary Marshall Clark, Anne Cubilié, Ann Cvetkovich, Judith Halberstam, Roger Hallas, Alyssa Harad, Marianne Hirsch, Sharon Holland, Jonathan Kalb, Sarah Jones, Rachel C. Lee, Daphne Lei, Peter Lucas, Meg McLagan, Lorie Novak, Ann Pellegrini, Jorge Ramos, Janelle Reinelt, Steven Reisner, Jane Rosett, Rebecca Schneider, Anna Deavere Smith, Kathleen Stewart, and Jason Tougaw.

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activism, afghanistan, archives, arts, emotion, gender, history, intersectionality, literature, peace, performance, photography, public feelings, queer, race, scholar & feminist, sexuality, transnational, video, violence, war