In Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan there is a new boom
in economic success. This has much to do with the ease of access to
prostitutes. Mazar is considered Afghanistans’ unofficial capital of
prostitution. Here, Women can be seen out in public places socializing with
men, which, in Afghanistan is not a common occurrence. The sex trade in Mazar is found in correlation
with the boom of business. As the proximity to Central Asia and its relative
peace and stability have transformed it into a trading hub, the economy has
flourished. Businesses, local and regional are coming to this city, and not
because the food is good. Nilofar Sayar, director of a womens rights group in
Mazar that offers job training to sex workers, said “mazar is a big city, and
compared to the other provinces a lot of prostitutes work here. There are a lot
of businesses, which means lots of money and customers.” Prostitution helps
bring to light some of the contradictions of the male-dominated Afghan society.
For instance, women can be put to death in Afghanistan for even the implication
of immorality. The recent boom in sex trade operations leading to the heightened
economic success of this city can be found in correlation to the use of
technology as well. Technology has made it easier for the men to get a hold of
the prostitutes and makes it easier to get away with. In addition to
technology, corruption of police officers is why the sex trade is going strong.
Most of the time, the women in Afghanistan who are
prostituting their bodies are impoverished, divorced or widowed, and/or
struggling to support a family. Some of these women are forced into
prostitution by their families or are doing it to support their husbands drug
addiction. Even though the economy is doing great in this city, prostitution isn’t
something these women want to do. These women already have practically no
rights and they aren’t exactly allowed to work at real jobs to make money to
support their families, so they turn to this as a last resort. It is amazing
that in this city, women could be killed for prostitution and yet it has helped
the city out to a very large extent. Some of these women have to prostitute
behind their husbands backs to bring in money to support their family because
if their husbands found out they would be killed. How does it make any sense
for the “bread winner” to be killed for their job if it is the only thing
keeping their family off of the streets? That is right it doesn’t. I think the prostitution
problem in Mazar is always going to be an issue, however if women were given
the right to an education and opportunities for more jobs there would more than
likely be a downward slope of prostitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/world/asia/mazar-i-sharifs-economic-success-extends-to-its-sex-trade.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&
Concetta Katz
4/19/13 - 8:36am
Sociology 202-01
Human Rights
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