Aired on June 26, 2007
When you hear about a program that is supposed to help support the democratic aspirations of the ---fill in the blank --- people, you can bet that the women's movement of that country is about to be invoked.
It's invoked in iran, it's invoked in iraq and it was certainly a cause célebrè in Afghanistan... until women's rights fell off the map.
avi talks to best selling author Ann Jones. After 9/11, she lived in Afghanistan working with women's groups for the better part of four years.
LINKS: http://www.annjonesonline.com/
Does this have anything to do with environment?
PauleQueenie 1 year ago
Why don't people seem to understand that Afghan women actually WANT to wear the Burqa? They don't want to be liberated!
lisamulcahycork 2 years ago
All these bitches gonna make me a sammich.
PoliriFilms 3 years ago