Don’t Abandon The
Women of Afghanistan
Over the last several year the
country of Afghanistan has improved its gender gap exponentially. Now that the country is no longer under the
Taliban the country has flourished and women are continually receiving new
freedoms in. The number of females being educated has gone from 5,000 to 2.4
million, women are becoming police officers and achieving higher places of
leadership like the country has never seen before. This example of positive
growth is reflected in the country’s economic success. Amidst all this
positivity and success there is a worry looming in the back of some minds.
Because of women’s new freedoms this has also made them the target for terrorists
groups and organized crime. Women have been shot and killed for no apparent
reason besides their occupation. BBC reports that the numbers of women and
children killed in the first 6 months of the new year of 2013, were the same
and higher as previous years. We want to make sure that Afghanistan does not
sink back again.
So we see
that just because freedoms are made available to women does not mean that the
problem is alleviated completely. Cultural norms and activists groups are still
organizing crime against these progressive women and fear is being provoked in
women. Still we see the evidences of women being educated, less infant
mortality, more children in school and overall a better international standing
and economy. In order for Afghanistan to continue to progress in its area of
equality it must make steps in that direction. This will be brought about
through tireless pursuit of educating these Afghanistan women and girls. With
the U.S. now moving out of Afghanistan, Afghanistan government and policy will
have to remain very intentional in order for the gender gap to continue to
decrease and violence done to these women punished.
Anna Jacobsen
November 1, 2013
2:09pm
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/opinion/dobriansky-verveer-afghanistan-women/
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