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Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
The women in Afghanistan have been denied their civil rights in a country dominated by tyrannical men. ... Women in Afghanistan end up having no choices, no rights in their lives. Women as humans had no rights.
It all started on “September 27, 1996 at around three in the morning the Taliban came into Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, and put up their white flag” (Latifa, p. ...
The Taliban treated the women of Afghanistan extremely harsh. ...
Through the American Medical Association web site, Women’s Health and Human Rights, I was able to read the results of many interviews. ... Most Afghan women realized that their human rights were taken from them so they decided to go to Pakistan. ... Ninety- five percent of the women disagreed with Taliban dress codes and believed that the teachings of Islam DOES NOT inherently impose restrictions on human rights. Ninety-four percent of the women believed that the health of women in Afghanistan would be improved by involving women in the United Nations’ peace process in Afghanistan. ... I couldn’t believe how women were stripped of the rights just by one group of men. ...
When I compared the freedom women in America have, versus the women in Afghanistan, the difference is as if it was black and white. ... Limitations such as: not endangering others, or taking away someone else’s rights. Women in Afghanistan have none of the freedoms listed above. I don’t understand how some men think that they have the right to decide whether women are worthy of having not only human rights but also civil rights.
Approximate Word count = 1292
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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