Afghan Women march for Peace

This was originally posted to Photo Betty by photographer Paula Lerner:

Women in Afghanistan are organizing, aiming to mobilize one million women to march for peace on International Women's Day on March 8th.

Please join me in signing the following petition so they know the rest of the world supports them.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/afghanpeace/

Women in Kandahar, one of the most violent Afghan provinces, were the first to declare they will gather on March 8th, and they were soon followed by women in Kabul. They have asked women across Afghanistan to start their own March 8th events. They believe only Afghans can stop the violence against other Afghans. They want to stop the killing of their sons, husbands, brothers, fathers and families.

The Afghan women have taken their cue from two ordinary women in Ireland who, in the 1970s, grew angry because Irish were killing Irish. These women went door to door and convinced women to march for peace. They later won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Please support these brave Afghan women with your signature as they march peacefully to proclaim PEACE NOW on March 8th at 10 am. Peace begins with each one of us, and signing the petition will only take a few moments of your time:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/afghanpeace/

And please pass this on to your network. If one million Afghan women can muster the courage to march, we should be able to gather at least as many signatures on this petition.