Women Risking Their Lives for Education

May 2004 issue of Marie Clair published an article by Eve Ensler entitled "Women Risking Their Lives For Education". The article reports the results of interviews with women from Afghanistan, members of a secret organization of women who risk death to give other women education and hope. Eve Ensler took a harrowing undercover journey to chronicle their fight against the Taliban, one of the most repressive regimes in history. The Taliban forbids women to attend school, …

…RAWA, but they know if the Taliban sees them learning they could die. The literacy rate among women in Afghanistan is now 4 percent. Without education, there is no hope of raising a generation strong enough to defy the Taliban. The women plead with us to tell their stories to the world, but they have no self pity. This abuse must stop. For more information on how you can help RAWA'S cause, visit www.rawa.org.