To the Women of Afghanistan - SALLY ARMSTRONG

Women of Afghanistan, it is time to go to the barricades. Now is the hour to claim your rights. Negotiations are under way in earnest; the Taliban are at the table, so are the warlords and bandits, tribal elders and the president. There’s not a woman in sight. Yet everyone knows you are the ones who can yank Afghanistan into the 21st century. -- To the Women of Afghanistan - NYTimes
Letters to the International Herald Tribune: Afghanistan's Women