Despite their difficulties, women managed to organize themselves into groups aimed at championing women's causes. They did this by creating secret schools and dispensaries. Some known organizations that evolved as a result are listed below. Rights in AfghanistanThe Revolutionary Women's Association of AfghanistanRAWAAmong those listed above, the Revolutionary Women's Association of Afghanistan (RAWA) is the largest. This flagship resistance movement was founded by Meena Keshwar Kamal in 1977, and did everything possible to fight against Islamic fundamentalists. Even though Meena was martyred in 1987, RAWA continued its efforts to improve the social conditions of Afghan women. Meena (1956-1987), founder of RAWASource: http://www.rawa.org/women.phpThe fall of the Taliban and the way forward The collapse of the Taliban regime in 2001 by the Northern Alliance, followed by the establishment of a temporary Afghan government under the Bonn Agreement, emancipated the women and girls of Afghanistan from their oppressive masters (AMIRI et al, (2004) However, even though the liberation of women and girls under the caretaker government was welcomed in some quarters, there was vehement opposition in some quarters, particularly among traditionalists. Traditionalists opposed the decision to send over three million women and girls. .... .. middle of paper ...... women » Tanaka, (2001) This is true and relevant, particularly in relation to emergency management issues and human rights issues, such as which first happened in Japan in the 1930s and 1940s, in Afghanistan. and in Colombia. As the emergency management profession evolves, more must be done globally and nationally in terms of policies, with strong sanctions, to deter one group from victimizing another, with particular emphasis on groups already vulnerable such as children, women. , the elderly, the physically disabled, the hearing and visually impaired, the homeless and refugees or minority groups. Furthermore, more research needs to be done to understand why people of the same ethnicity, religion, and social background would inflict such tyranny on their own people. We see it repeated with African tribes like the Hussie and the Tutsi, North Korea and South Korea.,