Sally Armstrong

Looking for a great starting point to research Armstrong online? Here is Armstrong's Page at the Professional Speakers' Bureau site, where you'll find biographical information and a photograph of Armstrong.

You can trace more of Armstrong's history by reading her UNICEF Biography, outlining her work abroad.

For an interview with Armstrong at the CBC and additional links on the situation for women in Afghanistan, and Afghanistan generally, visit the CBC's Women and the Taliban: A Trip to Afghanistan. (Please note: some links from the CBC may no longer be active.)

For another perspective, visit the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) homepage, "a political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan."

Amnesty International's website contains "Women in Afghanistan: a human rights catastrophe", an in-depth historical and political investigation of women's plight in Afghanistan.

Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan is a Canadian volunteer solidarity group, established in 1996. The overall goals of CW4WAfghan are 1) to support the empowerment efforts of women in Afghanistan and the refugee camps in Pakistan, and 2) to raise awareness in Canada of the need to secure and protect human rights for Afghan women.

Armstrong is a prolific writer and editor. Here is one of Armstrong's editorials from Homemaker's Magazine, titled "Value". How do the themes in this short editorial reflect the themes in "Veiled Threat"? How does Armstrong's approach differ?

Armstong's article from Homemaker's Magazine, "Not My Daughter" investigates the position of women in Senegal. What similarities and differences are there between "Not My Daughter" and "Veiled Threat"?

As a representative of UNICEF, Armstrong participated in a CBC Roundtable, discussing the situation in Afghanistan with other commentators. How does Armstrong's position differ from others interested in the same situation?