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Women's Stories of Tragedy and Hope
Thursday, October 24, 2002
The Gazette
Orzala Ashraf, an Afghan agency director in Kabul, attends Montreal conference this week.
Image Credit: Marie-France Coallier -- The Gazette.
"My eldest son is 16 and he is the only breadwinner of the family. My daughters are in the age for school but there is no school for them."
The Web site of Orzala Ashraf's organization, HAWCA, includes personal stories by Afghan woman. Here is an edited excerpt from one of those stories:
Ziajan is a 42-year-old woman who recently took a literacy course. She lives in Kabul.
"With the passage of every day my life went from bad to worse. I was the mother of seven but lost three of my children in the war. The rocket hit our street, and as a result I lost my one daughter and two sons who were playing outside.
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2002 © The Montreal Gazette.
For Different Perspectives:
* Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA)
* Women Living Under Muslim Laws
* Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
* Afghan Women's Council
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