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Pamela Harper and Tony Viele

Friday, October 12, 2001 08:45:42

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Fw: The plight of women in Afghanistan

-"Stan Scholl" <crowhill"Phil & Heloisa Scholl" <pjhvs; "Pamela Harper and Tony Viele"<harperviele; "Denny Porter" <porter_d; "TheScholl family" <schorch; "Dennis Scholl" <gotides; "Mark,Lib, Sarah, Robbie Strommen" <mlstrom; "Marvin Spielman"<spielman; "Linda Johnson Tripp" <LBJT; "PippaMcEwen" <p.mcewen; "Reba Ahmad" <ahmad; "TomOswald" <toswaldFriday, October 12, 2001 4:56 AMThe plight of women in Afghanistan> Hello friends,> I very rarely send along any of these types of items, but I think the> plight> of women in Afghanistan is a very important issue. Please read, add> your> name, and pass on if you so choose, or send it back to the original> sender:> sarabande> If you don't send it on or back to the original sender, all the> signatures> on this list will be lost!>>>__________________________>> Recently, the editor of Chatelaine (Sally Armstrong, ex Homemaker's> Editor)> was interviewed on CBC radio. She had just returned from a trip to> Afghanistan to see the present state of affairs for herself, having been>> told the situation had "improved".She stated that the situation has> deteriorated even further, as is detailed in the following message. She> noted that there has been a worldwide outcry against> the Taliban's recent destruction of ancient Buddhist statues, far more> vocal> than any outcry against the Taliban's destruction of Afghan women!>> With the speed and scope of Email, we can, if we persist, provide not> 9,000,> but 9,000,000 signatures to the governments of the free world. Let's do> it!>> Afghani women - If you decide not to forward this, please send> it> back to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures" will be lost if> you> drop the line.>> Please take a few minutes out of your life to do your part for our> sisters> in Afghanistan. Be sure to include other members of your household who> are> willing to sign. Oprah recently had a show about this atrocity and it> was> heartbreaking.>> Petition to the United Nations Background Information:>> 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 her 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> restricted to 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 in 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 must be extraordinarily> high:> those who cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe> depression> and would rather take their lives than live in such conditions. At one> of> the rare hospitals for women, 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 waste away. Others have gone mad> and> were seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying, most of> them> in fear.>> 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, to dress generally as they wanted, and to 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 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 2001 to be treated as subhuman and as so much property.> Equality> and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a freedom to be granted,> whether one lives in Afghanistan or elsewhere.>> 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA> 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA> 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA> 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA> 5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. USA> 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA> 7) Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA> 8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA> 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA> 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA> 11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA> 12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA> 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA> 14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA> 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA> 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA> 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA> 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA> 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara, CA> 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles, CA> 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena, CA> 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles, CA> 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles, CA> 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA> 25) Tricia Allen, Shermn Oaks, CA> 26) Joleen Nordstrom ~ Hollywood, CA> 27) Theresa Donahoe - Martinez,CA> 28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA> 29) Roxanne Ryan - Alamo, CA> 30) Miriam Tyler- San Jose CA> 31) John Burns- San Jose CA> 32) Kristin Lynn Minick- Fort Worth TX> 33) Jeff Neal- Marietta, GA> 34) Anna Neal- Marietta, GA> 35) Frances Murley-Fort Worth, TX> 36) David Murley-London, England, UK> 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX> 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX> 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX> 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI> 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI> 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD> 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD> 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis, MN USA> 45) Joseph Miller, Minneapolis, MN USA> 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake, MN USA> 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls. Mn. USA> 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids, MN USA> 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine, MN USA> 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello, MN USA> 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village, pr their> women relatives, esp> Calif!ornia,USA> 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA> 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks, CA USA> 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles, CA USA> 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles, CA USA> 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods, CA USA> 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines, IA USA> 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines, IA USA> 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood, IA USA> 60) Luke Finken, Earth> 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE USA> 62) Cheryl Gerace, NE> 63) Sheri Lew, CO> 64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO> 65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan> 66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan> 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI> 68) Margaret A. 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Stark, CO, USA> 282) James G. Atkins, FL, USA> 283) David F. Tufenkian, OR, USA> 284) Lee Thomas, OR, USA> 285) Dick Thomas, OR, USA> 286) George Wright, OR, USA> 287) Gregory Sweigert, IL, USA> 288) Carol Sweigert, IL, USA> 289) Ricci Susick, OR, USA> 290) Kristina Sagnotti OR, USA> 291) Lee Gettling, OR, USA> 292) Rose Hays, OR, USA> 293) Kay Anderson, Wa, USA> 294) Steve Anderson, AZ, USA> 295) Diane Anderson, AZ, USA> 296) Stan Scholl, WI, USA> 297) Jacquelyn Farrell, WI USA> DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email on to a new message, sign the bottom> and> forward it to everyone on your distribution lists. If you receive this> list> with more than 300 names on it, please e-mail copy of it to:>> sarabande & g t> Even if you decide not to sign, please be> considerate and do not kill the petition>>