When it comes to having the same rights as men, Afghan women have not reached where they would like to be, however things are getting a lot better. Today marks the tenth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. The new generation of women (those who are under 20), have been given opportunities that their mother, grandmothers, etc., never had. During the Taliban years women were not seen as human beings. Parents would have to educate their girls at home privately but now twenty five percent of teacher in Afghanistan are women. There are now about 2.7 million girls enrolled in school now, compared to a few thousand before the war began.
Many Afghan women are now able to go to school, vote, and have the freedom to do other things. There are places where they are training women to run their own business. This is something that would not have occurred before the war. Women are also not forced into marriage and suffer a life full of domestic violence.
It is a social problem, when women do not have the privileges that men have. It is encouraging to see that women are now starting to get the rights that they should have gotten a long time ago. Many women fear that the Taliban rule will return and do not want troops to leave. They know if this happens their new rights will be taken away, and will have to return to being prisoners in their own homes. We can only pray that this does not happen.
October 7th, 2011 1:51pm
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