Defying threats, fighting oppression: the woman leading protests in Afghanistan

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6194872.ece

They were stoned, spat on and assaulted, but when 200 women staged Afghanistan’s first public women’s rights protest since the 1970s their voices were heard around the world.

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Created by Niluccio on 30 April 2009

Niluccio's thoughts:

Not a role for a nervous campaigner.... and nice to hear about readers of Foucault in Afghanistan!

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