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SUMMARY:Special Guest: Malalai Joya: Liberating Afghan Women
DESCRIPTION:At a constitutional assembly in Kabul in 2003, Malalai Joy
 a stood up and denounced her country’s powerful U.S./NATO-backed war
 lords. She was only 25 years old. Two years later, she became the youn
 gest person elected to Afghanistan’s new Parliament. In 2007, she wa
 s suspended for her persistent criticism of the warlords and drug baro
 ns. Beloved by her people for daring to speak out against U.S.-backed 
 war criminals that dominate the government, Joya has survived at least
  four assassination attempts.\nHaving come face-to-face with the bruta
 lity of war, Joya has been demanding an end to the occupation for year
 s. In her book “A Woman Among Warlords”, just out in paperback, Jo
 ya explains the situation of ordinary Afghans: “We are caught betwee
 n two enemies-the Taliban on one side and the U.S./NATO forces and the
 ir warlords allies on the other”\nAbout Joya:\nMalalai Joya is an Af
 ghan politician who has been called “the bravest woman in Afghanista
 n.”As an elected member of the Wolesi Jirga from Farah province, she
  has publicly denounced the presence of what she considers warlords an
 d war criminals in the parliament. She is an outspoken critic of both 
 the Taliban as well as the present Afghan government of Karzai and its
  western supporters. In May 2007, Joya was suspended from the parliame
 nt on the grounds that she had insulted fellow representatives in a te
 levision interview. Her suspension, which is currently being appealed,
  has generated protest internationally and appeals for her reinstateme
 nt have been signed by high profile writers, intellectuals such as Nao
 mi Klein and Noam Chomsky, and politicians including Members of Parlia
 ment from Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. Joya h
 as been compared to the symbol of Burma’s democracy movement, Aung S
 an Suu Kyi. TIME magazine named Malalai Joya to the 2010 TIME 100, the
  magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the wo
 rld. Foreign Policy Magazine listed Malalai Joya in its annual list of
  the Top 100 Global Thinkers.\nPraise for Joya!\n“The Bravest Woman 
 in Afghanistan” – BBC News\n“Joya’s life has been singular and
  heroic.” – New York Times\n \nCo-sponsored by: WILPF Boston, Cod
 e Pink, Community Church of Boston, and ESAC\n\nFor more information v
 isit http://neighborsforneighbors.org/events/special-guest-malalai-joy
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LOCATION:First Church in Jamaica Plain UU, 6 Eliot Street (Across from
  the monument)
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