1. Revolutionary Association for the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)- "Women rights situation in Afghanistan worries AIHRC",by Zarghona Salihi. "Opium Farmers sell daughters to cover debts to traffickers", by Justin Huggler.Images also taken from site, noted in corresponding page.www.rawa.org

2. Amnesty International (AI)- "Afghanistan: Women still under attack- a systematic failure to protect". Official Report http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa110072005 Introduction to Official Report, "Do Canada and the rest of NATO have the power to guarantee Afghan women's rights?" Image 'NATO must protect women's rights.' http://www.sfu.ca/casr/ft-ai1.htm

3. Afghanistan Online. "Women's Position, Role, and Rights in Islam" by Dr. Zieba Shorish-Shamley, "The Plight of the Afghan Woman", by Abdullah Qazi. http://www.afghan-web.com/articles/womenrights.html

4. Marie Claire- "Women Risking Their Lives for Education", By Eve Ensler. http://magazines.ivillage.com/marieclaire/mind/issues/articles/0,,434739_437830,00.html

5. U.S. Department of State. image, 'Afghanistan Elections', USAID photo. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/sa/af/39611.htm

6. Infoplease. "Afghanistan: History". http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0856490.html

7. Quranic Teachings. 'Quran and Women'; http://www.quranicteachings.co.uk/index.htm

8. Haqqani. 'The Holy Quran', http://www.naqshbandi.net/haqqani/quran/quran.html

9. Afghanistan's Constitution. http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/af00000_.html