Ms. Magazine Forum on Women in Afghanistan

Watch a video excerpt of any of the speakers from the Ms. Forum on Afghanistan on March 28, 2007 at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.

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Katherine Spillar, Executive Editor of Ms. magazine	Dr. Sima Samar, Chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
Mavis Leno, Chair of the Feminist Majority's Campaign for Afghan Women & Girls	Eleanor Smeal, President Feminist Majority Foundation
Christian del Sol, Media Specialist for the United Nations Population Fund

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AUDIO: Dr. Sima Samar, Eleanor Smeal, & Mavis Leno
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