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The article offers suggestions for charitable giving during the December 2018 holiday season, including the charities Afghan Women's Fund, the Black Voters Matter (BVM) Fund and Restore Hope: Liberia. Topics, including charities' supporting abortion rights, and the social conditions of women and refugees, are discussed.

The article discusses the social and economic conditions of government and nonprofit organizations and focuses on their connection with politics and government of the country. Details related to the human rights and education requirement of the organization Afghan Women's Fund, funds of the Canadian Harambee Education Society, and the book shortage at Edward Said Public Library in Gaza.

The author briefly describes several charitable and activist groups that she deems worthy of donations. Women Living Under Muslin Laws is a group that aids women living in Muslim countries. The Afghan Women's Fund is run by Fahima Vorgetts and seeks to benefit women in Afghanistan. The Lambi Fund is a non-government organization that promotes sustainable agriculture, democracy, and gender equality in Haiti.

The article presents information on the state of women in Afghanistan under Taliban regime. As if poverty, hunger, disease, drought, ruined cities and a huge refugee crisis weren't bad enough, under Taliban rule they can't work, they can't go to school, they have virtually no healthcare, they can't leave their houses without a male escort, they are beaten in the streets if they lift the mandatory burqa even to relieve a coughing fit. Now, finally, the world is paying attention to the Taliban, whose days may indeed be numbered now that their foreign supporters-Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan-are backing off.

The article reports on the atrocities of the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The atrocities of the Afghan Taliban toward women have been widely reported in the Western press. In 1998 physicians for human rights did a well-publicized study of Afghan women's health, showing grave depression and suicidal tendencies. The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan which was founded as a women's rights group in 1977 and is now based in the refugee areas of Northwest Pakistan, has had the audacity to oppose not just the Soviet occupiers and the Taliban but all the foreign-backed fundamentalist warlords that have made Afghan life a misery.

Presents an interview with Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) members Sajeda Hayat and Sehar Saba. History of RAWA, its platforms and description of work, including working for women's rights; Attitudes of Afghanistan people toward the fundamentalist Taliban; The opinions and involvement of their families.