HWH News

Join us for this film, forum and photo exhibition – free and open to the public!

Wednesday, April 18th
Potluck Dinner 6pm * Film 7pm
Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead
28 Mugford Street, Marblehead

3 Afghan women: 3 decades of war, intimate insights on how they survive, rebuild their lives and help others. Discussion and Q&A to follow.

For More Information Call: 978-372-1106

Join us for this film, forum and photo exhibition – free and open to the public!

Monday, February 13th at 7 PM
Christ Episcopal Church
33 Central St. Andover, MA

3 Afghan women: 3 decades of war, intimate insights on how they survive, rebuild their lives and help others. Discussion and Q&A to follow.

For More Information Call: 978-372-1106

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Afghanistan is the worst place in the world to be a mother and Norway is the best, with stark differences in conditions for women and children in the two countries, a report released Tuesday says. Read the full article…

Donate to Help Women Heal today, so we can provide sustainable medical care to Mother’s in Afghanistan – health care that is for Afghan women and provided by Afghan women.

Join us for a screening of Motherland Afghanistan, a graphic account of the health conditions for most Afghan women. Filmed by the daughter of two Afghan doctors who emigrated to the US, Motherland Afghanistan takes the viewer inside the heartbreak that is life for too many Afghan women.

Wednesday, May 11th at 6:30PM
Ascension Memorial Church
(St. Matthew Parlor)
31 Country Street, Ipswich, MA

The screening is free and open to the public. Question and answer to follow. Please join us!

Three opportunities to attend a screening of the film, “View From a Grain of Sand” this spring!

3 Afghan women: 3 decades of war, intimate insights on how they survive, rebuild their lives and help others. Discussion and Q&A to follow. All are welcome to these free events!

Thursday, April 28th at 7PM
Columbus Mennonite Church
35 Oakland Park Avenue, Columbus

Wednesday, May 18th at 6PM
Millis Public Library
25 Auburn Road, Millis, MA

Friday. June 10 at  7 pm
First Universalist Church of Essex,
59 Main Street. Essex, MA

We are very please to have JJ Hall on board with HWH!
JJ brings many talents and experience with human rights issues including an internship with Lawyers without Borders and active organizing on the planning board for the UNESCO Chair for Comparative Human Rights at University of Connecticut. JJ was also the headmaster at a private school in Nigeria for the 2009-2010 school year.

Friday, April 15th at 7:00 PM.
1326 Washington Street, West Newton MA 02465
The FUSN Peace Film series continues with
VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND written and directed by Meena Nanji. Rachel Williams presented her photo exhibit and facilitated the discussion about the lives of peace loving Afghans ~ with special focus on Afghan women. Questions included: What are their lives like now? Have they improved since a new government took power? Have they gained any real rights or do they still live in fear and repression?

Sis Hope serves as an advocate for girls and women living in poverty across the world. Learn more about their work and read their interview with Jeena and Beena by visiting: www.sishope.com

I wanted to thank you SO much again for coming down to Philly to talk with us here!!! Also, please extend our warmest thanks to Dr. Romanzi as well for giving such a compelling presentation!!! I have already heard some feed back from students and they LOVED her talk!!!

Erin A. Rocchio
OMS II
President, Surgery Club

HWH was truly excited to present at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine on Monday, February 7, 2011 from 6-8PM in the Zedeck Auditorium. The presentation featured Dr. Lauri Romanzi, MD, is on the Board of Advisors for HWH. She is an internationally recognized reconstructive pelvic surgeon, who will talk about her work in developing countries repairing fistulas and the broader issue of women’s health in developing countries. Scenes from the documentary Motherland Afghanistan will be shown and John Abdulla will speak about the work of HWH. Ultimately the event encouraged medical students to learn more about the plight of women in developing countries, while also providing tangible opportunities to partner in solidarity with these women.  Many thanks to the sponsors of this event: the Surgery Club, Ob/Gyn Club, American Medical Women’s Association, Physicians for Human rights, and the Muslim Medical Association. And we are so thankful for the efforts of PCOM student Vicki Lawn and her team who have worked tirelessly to put this event together – to partner with Afghan women!