This is not a valid petition. Please check these things out **before** sending them on. All you do is perpetuate something that does nothing other than bring the plight of these women to the forefront. That in itself is not a bad thing at all, but if it lulls someone into thinking that they **have** done something by signing and forwarding this, then that is a bad thing. I suggest you check out all forwards at http://www.snopes.com or http://www.hoaxkill.org before sending. Stephanie dedicated to ending Spam in our lifetime -----Original Message----- From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of stewarpa@cantech.net.au Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 1:34 AM To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: [CH] Fwd: Help Afghani Women > > Subject: Afghani women > > Dear friends, > > I think this petition deserves our signatures, > > Regards, Pat > > > ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo > > > > Subject: Afghani Women > > Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:30:01 +0200 > > From: Efsa Kuraner <efkuraner@turk.net> > > > > Subject: Afghani women > > > > If you decide not to forward this, please send it back > > to me. This is an actual petition, and "signatures" > > will be lost if you drop the line. > > > > Please take 3 minutes out of your life to do your > > part. And be sure to include other members of your > > household who are willing to sign. Oprah recently had > > a show about this atrocity and it was heartbreaking. > > > > Petition to the United Nations Background Information: > > > > Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war > > upon women. Since the Taliban took power in 1996, > > women have had to wear burqua and have been > > beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper > > attire, even if this means simply not having the mesh > > covering in front of their eyes. One woman > > was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists > > for accidentally exposing her arm(!) while she was > > driving. Another was stoned to death for > > trying to leave the country with a man that was not a > > relative. > > > > Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public > > without a male relative; professional women such as > > professors, translators, doctors,lawyers, artists and > > writers have been forced from their jobs and > > restricted to their homes. Homes where a woman is > > present must have their windows painted so that she > > can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent > > shoes so that they are never heard. Women live in fear > > of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Because > > they cannot work, those without male > > relatives or husbands are either starving to death or > > begging in the street,even if they hold Ph.D.'s. > > Depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached > emergency > > levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic > > society to know the suicide rate with certainty, but > > relief workers are estimating that the suicide rate among > women must > > be extraordinarily high: those who cannot find proper > > medication and treatment for severe depression and > > would rather take their lives than live in such > > conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a > > reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies > > lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their > > burqua, unwilling to speak, eat,or do anything, but > > slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were > > seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or > > crying, most of them in fear. > > > > It is at the point where the term "human rights > > violations" has become an understatement. Husbands > > have the power of life and death over their women > > relatives, especially their wives, but an angry > > mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman, > > often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or > > offending them in the slightest way. Women > > enjoyed relative freedom: to work, to dress generally > > as they wanted, and to drive and appear in public > > alone until only 1996. The rapidity of this > > transition is the main reason for the depression and > > suicide; Women who were once educators or doctors or > > simply used to basic human freedoms are now > > severely restricted and treated as subhuman in the > > name of right-wing fundamentalist Islam. It is not > > their tradition or 'culture', but it is > > alien to them, and it is extreme even for those > > cultures where fundamentalism is the rule. Everyone > > has a right to a tolerable human > > existence, even if they are women in a Muslim country. > > > > If we can threaten military force in Kosovo the name > > of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, > > citizens of the world can certainly express > > peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and > > injustice committed against women by the Taliban. > > > > STATEMENT: In signing this, we agree that the current > > treatment of women in Afghanistan is completely > > UNACCEPTABLE and deserves action by the > > United Nations and that the current situation overseas > > will not be tolerated. > > > > Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere, and it > > is UNACCEPTABLE for women in 2001 to be treated as > > subhuman and as so much property. Equality > > and human decency is a fundamental RIGHT, not a > > freedom to be granted,whether one lives in Afghanistan > > or elsewhere. > > > > 1) Giuliana D. Black, Daly City, CA, USA > > 2) Mariam Nayiny, Palo Alto, CA, USA > > 3) Sunaina Gulati-Ruh, Palo Alto, CA USA > > 4) Megan McCaslin, Palo Alto, CA USA > > 5) Blake Hallanan, San Francisco, Ca. USA > > 6) Kit Henderson, Sacramento, CA USA > > 7) Kara Myers, San Francisco, CA > > 8) Ellen Tilden, San Francisco, CA > > 9) Vanessa Ross, San Francisco, CA > > 10) Jenna Shaw- Battista, San Francisco, CA > > 11) Jeanne Racik, B!erkeley, CA > > 12) Julie Silas, Oakland, CA > > 13) Renee Longstreet, Tarzana, CA > > 14) Susan Johnson, Encino, CA > > 15) Kenneth Johnson, Encino, CA > > 16) Terri Treas, Los Angeles, CA > > 17) Amy Retzinger, North Hollywood, CA > > 18) Babette Crooms, Los Angeles, CA > > 19) Olivia Kienzel; Santa Barbara, CA > > 20) Sean Dexheimer, Los Angeles, CA > > 21) Elio Chavez, Jr., Pasadena, CA > > 22) Gregory Kastigar, Los Angeles, CA > > 23) Robert Collie, Los Angeles, CA > > 24) Jeff Garvin, Brea, CA > > 25) Tricia Allen, Sherman Oaks, CA > > 26) Joleen Nordstrom ~ Hollywood, CA > > 27) Theresa Donahoe - Martinez,CA > > 28) Jennifer Horn - Concord, CA > > 29) Roxanne Ryan - Alamo, CA > > 30) Miriam Tyler- San Jose CA > > 31) John Burns- San Jose CA > > 32) Kristin Lynn Minick- Fort Worth TX > > 33) Jeff Neal- Marietta, GA > > 34) Anna Neal- Marietta, GA > > 35) Frances Murley-Fort Worth, TX > > 36) David Murley-London, England, UK > > 37) Jillian Dykhouse, Colleyville, TX > > 38) Bonnie Dykhouse,Colleyville,TX > > 39) Nancy Williams, Colleyville, TX > > 40) Georgene Farr, Sterling Heights, MI > > 41) Joanne Arensberg, Riverview, MI > > 42) Luann Ouellette, Vermillion, SD > > 43) Sandie Sullivan, Vermillion, SD > > 44) Troy Nelson, Minneapolis, MN USA > > 45) Joseph Miller, Minneapolis, MN USA > > 46) Kathleen Miller, White Bear Lake, MN USA > > 47) Jerry Marquis, Mpls. Mn. USA > > 48) Julie Stokes, Coon Rapids, MN USA > > 49) Tracy Ford, Blaine, MN USA > > 50) Sheila Lawrence, Monticello, MN USA > > 51) Brenda Kitchen, Westlake Village, Calif!ornia,USA > > 52) Teresa Burke, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA > > 53) Bruce Ehrlich, Sherman Oaks, CA USA > > 54) Yllania Francis, Los Angeles, CA USA > > 55) Drew Hedin, Los Angeles, CA USA > > 56) Laura Paridon, Laguna Woods, CA USA > > 57) Jeanie Hagedorn, Des Moines, IA USA > > 58) Sue Christensen, Des Moines, IA USA > > 59) Sybil Finken, Glenwood, IA USA > > 60) Luke Finken, Earth > > 61) Doug Gerace, Lincoln, NE USA > > 62) Cheryl Gerace, NE > > 63) Sheri Lew, CO > > 64) Raven Grace, Boulder, CO > > 65) Martha M.Mertz, EL, Michigan > > 66) Colleen R. Cooper, Okemos, Michigan > > 67) Barbara J. Sawyer-Koch, East Lansing, MI > > 68) Margaret A. Meyers, Okemos, Michigan > > 69) Mary Helen Espes, Okemos, Michigan > > 70) Maureen Kirchhoff, Allenspark, CO > > 71) Bart Johnson, Err, France > > 72) Sharon!O'Connor, Olympia, WA USA > > 73) Nancy Irving, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia > > 74) Martha Lindley, Seattle, WA, USA > > 75) Judith Alexander, Woodinville, WA, USA > > 76) Arlene B. Hawkinson, Seattle, WA, USA > > 77) Christine E. Mobley, Bothell, WA, USA > > 78) Trudie Breen, CA, USA > > 79) Catherine Standiford, CA, USA > > 80) Beverly Truett, AZ, USA > > 81) Christine Meehan,AZ,USA > > 82) Janice Gilbert, Valley Center, CA, USA > > 83) Dawna Upchurch, Anchorage, AK USA > > 84) Roxanna Groves, Olympia, WA USA > > 85) Lynda Lynde, Helena, MT USA > > 86) Constance Gelu, University Place, WA USA > > 87) Jodi Woolett, Tacoma, WA USA > > 88) Lisa I. Reeves- Lynden, WA USA > > 89) Amanda James-Bow, WA USA > > 90) Kelli J. Smith, New Port Richey, FL USA > > 91) Chris Poirier, Largo, Fl USA > > 92) Mike Carpenter, Palmetto, Fl USA > > 93) Alice Pryor, Melbourne FL USA > > 94) Ellen Catano, Manchester NH USA > > 95) Bevely Jennings, Cincinnati OH USA > > 96) Linda Feely, Norwood,OH USA > > 97) Sherry Stidham, Norwood OH USA > > 98) Brittany Brown, Cincinnati OH USA > > 99) Sandy Brown, Cincinnati, Oh USA > > 100) Tim Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA > > 101) Pat Brown, Cincinnati, OH USA > > 102) Amy Cregger, Memphis, TN USA > > 103) Kay Emerick, Logan, OH USA > > 104) Trina Bookman, Logan, OH USA > > 105) Mary Samuelson, St. Louis, Mo USA > > 106) Jeannette Ward, Memphis, TN USA > > 107) Elisabeth Davis, Memphis, Tn USA > > 108) Rose Klimek, Memphis, TN USA > > 109) Barbara K. White, Hoquiam, WA, USA > > 110) Paula J. Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA > > 111) Rag!nar Eriksen, Palm Harbor, Florida USA > > 112) MARILYN KING, CLEARWATER, FL, USA > > 113) Barbara Stiner,Oldsmar,FL,USA > > 114) Jac'line Weisgerber,Clearwater,FL,USA > > 115) Charlotte Beadles, Douglasville, GA, USA > > 116) Jody Hoadley, Powder Springs, GA, USA > > 117) Hope Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 118) Cliff Howard, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 119) Kay Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA > > 120) Mark Chicoine, Atlanta, GA USA > > 121) Paula King, Lexington, KY,USA > > 122) Sally Weissman,Minneapolis,Mn,USA > > 123) Susan Abbott, New Brighton, MN USA > > 124) Rachel Fine, St. Louis Park, MN, USA > > 125) Deb Harley,Eden Prairie, MN,Usa > > 126) Barb Handahl,Faribault, MN,USA > > 127) Ann Olson,Chamberlain S.D.USA > > 128) Deb Hunt,Sioux Falls S.D.USA > > 129) Anne Frankman, Sioux Falls, SD USA > > 130) Susie Kostel, Tabor, SD USA > > 131) Julie Anderson, Mount Prospect, IL USA > > 132) Janet Tilden, Fremont, NE USA > > 133) Debbie Bowman, Kingston Springs, TN, USA > > 134) Shari Watkins, Franklin, TN, USA > > 135) Teresa Beck, Columbia, TN USA > > 136) Amy Stephens, Brentwood, TN, USA > > 137) Vicki Warren, Lyles, TN, USA > > 138) Linda Lupo, Westland, MI, USA > > 139) Cathie McClary, Clinton Twp. MI, USA > > 140) Diane Catellane, Clinton Twp. MI, USA > > 141) Judy Mellen, Clarkston, MI, USA > > 142) Donna Waite, Lake Orion, MI, USA > > 143) Ann Acton, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 145) Tami Hall, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 146) Wendy Belsley, South Lyon, MI, USA > > 147) Gretel Coombs, East Lansing, MI, USA > > 148) Mike Jones, Lansing, MI, USA > > 149) Jeff Jones, Atlanta, GA, USA > > 150) Marion Jones, Atlanta, GA , USA > > 151) Pat Scott, Enumclaw, WA, USA > > 152) Bob Panzer, Houston, TX, USA > > 153) Pat Panzer, Houston, TX, USA > > 154) Joe Schwartz, Jacksonville AL USA > > 155) Stefanie Walfield, Fayetteville, NC, USA > > 156) Liz Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA > > 157) Christine Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA > > 156) Mike Dunkley, Milledgeville, GA, USA > > 157) Randy Parsons, Eatonton, Ga. > > 158) Bonita Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA > > 159) Ralph Platner, Kirkwood, NY. USA > > 160) Charles Lundquist, Binghamton, N.Y. U.S.A. > > 161) Tracy Rowe, Hollywood, CA USA > > 162) Daniel Raphael New York, New York USA > > 163) Ann Brameier, New York, NY USA > > 164) Kazuko Tao, Healdsburg, Ca USA > > 165) Shelley Zavat, Rio Nido, Ca. USA > > 166) Kendall Smith, Fort Bragg, Ca USA > > 167) Candi Zizek, Sacramento, California USA > > 168) Annette Blackwood, West Hartford, CT USA > > 169) Frank Sentner, West Hartford, CT USA > > 170) Ann Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA > > 171) George Steadman, Roanoke, VA USA > > 172) Elizabeth Byam,Washington, DC USA > > 173) Mary Dougal, Montclair, NJ USA > > 174) Kathleen Ennen, Champaign, Il. USA > > 175) Patricia S. Berky, Baltimore, Md. USA > > 176) Wahiba Abu-Ras, Old Bridge, NJ. USA > > 177) Magdi Awad, Old Bridge, NJ USA > > 178) Melissa Joralemon, NY USA > > 179) Vida Cofie-Robertson, NJ USA > > 180) Sema Gurun, NY, USA > > 181)Sahika Yildirim, UB, Mongolia > > 182) Ceylan Orhun istanbul-turkey > > 183) Efsa Kuraner, Istanbul, Turkey > > 184) Meyzi Barin Istanbul Turkey > > 185) Marie-Aude Serra, Istanbul Turkey > > 186) Gil Serra, Istanbul Turkey > > 187) Brian Wilks, France > > 188) Donald Morton, Netherlands > > 189) Martyn Wheatley, London, UK > > 190) Sue Ledwith, Leicester UK > 191) Andrew Bleach, Derbyshire, UK > 192 )Vince Southcott, Leamington, UK > > 193) David Zacks, Stoke-on-Trent, UK > > 194) Chris Zacks, Stoke-on-Trent, UK > > 195) Addie Daruvalla, Portsmouth, UK > > 196) Rosemary Daruvalla, Portsmouth, UK > > 197) Pesi Sorab, Hayling Island,UK > > 198) Celia Ann Sorab, Hayling Island,UK > > > > > DIRECTIONS: PLEASE COPY this email on to a new > > message, sign the bottom and forward it to everyone on > > your distribution lists. If you receive this > > list with more than 300 names on it, please e-mail a > > copy of it to: sarabande@brandeis.edu > > > > Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate > > and do not kill the petition. > > > > Bob & Pat Panzer > > 12306 Dermott Dr. > > Houston, TX 77065-2514 > > Tel. No. (281) 469-4494 > > E-mail: panzer01@earthlink.net > --