Although efforts to increase women's rights have started to become more
apparent in Afghanistan, women are still treated unfairly and less equal
than men. The Taliban were thrown out 12 years ago which ended 5 years
of rule and regressive laws that enforced a tribal tradition and culture
more than religious compulsions. These rules were denying girls
schooling, ordering women to stay indoors unless they were accompanied
by a male, and in some severe cases even blackening the first story
windows so that prying eyes could not see the women within. In the first
years after the Taliban's removal, in December 2001, strides seemed to
be made for women, schools opened, women came out of their houses, many
still in burqas but now they were appearing on tv and getting elected to
parliament. But women activists in Kabul argue that within a few years
of these improvements and the ball was dropped on women's rights once
again. The article explains a few cases of women sentenced to jail time
for committing "moral crimes." These crimes could be considered women
leaving their husbands, refusing to accept a marriage arranged by their
parents, or choosing to leave their parents home with a man of their
choice. The article tells story's of women who were placed in jail for
committing a moral crime.
From a sociological perspective, the fact that these women are still
being treated this way is something that some would consider unethical.
Just when women were starting to make improvements, some of their newly
found rights were taken away.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/women-kabul-prison-accused-moral-crimes-18911495#.UXGd3KPCvQJ
Alice Gunning
4/19/13, 3:41 PM
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