Women of Afghanistan Investigation Fund

Ms. Magazine wants to send a team of experienced international journalists to Afghanistan to document the current plight of Afghan women. In late June, three Afghan women were killed and 13 more were wounded in a bus bombing engineered by the Taliban. The Afghan women on that bus were registering women voters. Afghan warlords are determined to prevent women from participating in free elections, as this will threaten their power. Therefore, the Taliban is targeting women with brutal violence and the media is failing to report the actual situation there. To make matters worse, the United Nations says that all female registration teams in the eastern, southeastern, and southern regions of Afghanistan have been suspended. To get the real story out, Ms. magazine needs your help. Our goal is to raise $50,000 in the next 10 days for The Women of Afghanistan Investigative Fund. For more informatiion and how you can make a contribution, click here.