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Malalai Joya: A Woman Among Warlords, Prospects for Afghan
Women and Non-intervention in my Country.
On the 12th anniversary of the US
invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, UNAC, in conjunction with the
Afghan Women's Mission is sponsoring a national tour of former
Afghanistan legislator, women’s rights and antiwar leader, Malalai Joya
in October. Please see the Schedule below.
For more information on the itinerary in each city, please contact the local
organizer for the city listed below or email
UNAC's Malalai Joya National Tour Coordinator, Jeff Mackler at jmackler@lmi.net or UNACpeace@gmail.com  Malalai Joya, 35, first
gained international attention in 2003 when she spoke out publicly against the
domination of warlords in Afghanistan. She was at that time serving as an
elected delegate to the Loya Jirga that was convened to ratify the Constitution
of Afghanistan. In 2005 she became one of 68 women elected to the 249-seat
National Assembly, or Wolesi Jirga, and was the youngest member of the Afghan
parliament.
An extraordinary young
woman raised in the refugee camps of Iran and Pakistan, Joya became a teacher in
secret girls’ schools, hiding her books under her burqa so the Taliban couldn’t
find them; she helped establish a free medical clinic and orphanage in her
impoverished home province of Farah.
In 2007 she spoke out against former warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament and was thereupon suspended from the parliament. Since then she has survived six assassination attempts. She travels in Afghanistan with armed guards and has worked tirelessly on behalf of Afghan women and to end the occupation of her country. In 2010, Time Magazine placed Malalai Joya on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Foreign Policy Magazine listed her in its annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In March, 2011, The Guardian listed her among the "Top 100 women activists and campaigners." Her widely praised book, “A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice,” was published 2009 by Scribner in the U.S. The ebook version was published by Simon and Schuster. Tour Schedule: October 3-5 New
York, jlombard@nycap.rr.com
October 6-7 Boston, Contact: marilynl@alumni.new.edu October 8 Amherst, Mass. Contact: cmgauvreau@me.com October 9 Albany,
NY, Contact: jlombard@nycap.rr.com
October 10-11 Chicago. Contact: Phunt45@aol.com October 12-14 Madison. Wisconsin, Contact: Jasmine.Clay@housing.wisc.edu October 15-16
Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Contact: scsrn@yahoo.com
October 17-18 San
Francisco Bay Area, Contact: jmackler@lmi.net
October 19-21 Los
Angeles, Contact: sonali@sonaliandjim.net
October 22-23 San Diego,
Contact: aka0001@hotmail.com
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