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    "He Knew I Had No One To Protect Me": Violence Against Women In Afghanistan

    In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    07/14/09

    In reply to "He Knew I Had No One To Protect Me": Violence Against Women In Afghanistan
    I feel there is no excuse for 1 in 8 women to die in childbirth.
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    Image of Bea Jolley Bea Jolley
    07/14/09

    In reply to "He Knew I Had No One To Protect Me": Violence Against Women In Afghanistan
    A good book I just finished reading that highlights some of the issues facing Afghan women is "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini, the same author who wrote "The Kite Runner." While it is a work of fiction, it is surely happening in Afghanistan now too. It makes you wish the characters in the novel had access to similar services...
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    Image of hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE hippichx sez PEACE PLEASE
    07/14/09

    In reply to "He Knew I Had No One To Protect Me": Violence Against Women In Afghanistan
    shelters such as WAW should start small communities where women are encouraged to work and learn to be self sufficient. i'm sure the communities would get a lot of flak for it, see the origins for the word lesbian, but perhaps with time those ideas would enter the mainstream? or do you think it would merely be the next avenue for violent outbursts?



    i certainly wish i had the answer.
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    Image of cantankasaurus rex cantankasaurus rex
    07/14/09

    In reply to "He Knew I Had No One To Protect Me": Violence Against Women In Afghanistan
    "The shelter's youngest occupant ever was a five-year-old rape victim."



    that's it, i am officially disgusted with humanity today.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    Can I just say, this nearly makes the invasion worth it? Play hide n seek with OBL as much as you like, but if there are also now women's shelters and, for a little while there, schools for girls, well, yay for the US involvement in Afghanistan.
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    Image of bananaprincess bananaprincess
    03/04/09

    I agree@CherriSpryte: Yah for the Aussies and your solders and English.
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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    Its stories like these that make me so eternally grateful that I have the freedom to walk out of a relationship, physically abusive or not, without being killed, turned in, or forced back. And I am also grateful that I have the freedom to go back to school if I wish. Say what you will - I wish I could bring these women here.
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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    this is awesome - but my paranoid mind worries about the vulnerability of the shelter itself to attacks :: it's kind of like in superhero movies when all the world's leaders are gathered in one place, you just KNOW the villain is lurking somewhere nearby.


    I'll be sending prayers, good thoughts, and well-wishes.

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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    "Foreign intrusion" my foot. Ask the women who are being protected by these shelters whether they think it impinges on national sovereignty. Until they say yes, I don't give a shit what Afghan men think.
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    Image of Hamsterpants Hamsterpants
    03/03/09

    @PilgrimSoul: Yeah, like these gals are getting ANY consideration from the 'ol tribal council.
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    Image of HoooooooT HoooooooT
    03/03/09

    @PilgrimSoul: Agreed. The problem is, though, is that in countries like that, no one asks the women anything.
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    Image of Hamsterpants Hamsterpants
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    As fucked up as American society still is, this makes me REALLY glad I live here.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    Maybe those shelters should double as super secret Kill Bill-style martial arts training facilities. When the women graduate, they're given a new identity named after a poisonous spider and anyone that messes with them better watch the fuck out.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    03/03/09

    @morninggloria: I've always favored anti-domestic violence programs that train women to be special ops/ninja killers who can lay a dude out with their pinky fingers. People tell me this is not as good an idea as I think it is.
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    This is so great. More "foreign intrusion" in the name of protecting women's rights, please!
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    Image of fireflyinjuly fireflyinjuly
    03/03/09

    @Hooplehead: I'm an idiot. Forget I wrote anything. You're right. I misread and apparently had too much coffee today
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    03/03/09

    @fireflyinjuly: No worries.
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    Although the change seems to be coming slowly for these women, at least it's happening. I cannot imagine what that girl went through being married of at the age of 11. I hope the light truly is at the end of the tunnel for her.
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    Image of Whiskey and Popcorn Whiskey and Popcorn
    03/03/09

    In reply to In A "Culture Of Silence" Women's Shelters Provide Safe Haven
    Today, I feel especially gratefull for feminism.
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