After the Taliban took control, women in Afghanistan lost any hope for equality. They hoped that with the fall of the Taliban, that there will be a change, but now face cultural barriers. Too little is being done to help the women in Afghanistan. The government is very customary and views the women with a lower status, as the society always had.
Many are investing money and time to increase the opportunities for women, particularly focusing on schools. More girls are now attending school than ever before. Due to the lack of motivation, most women stop their education at the sixth grade. Originally there was excitement over the fall of the Taliban, creating more wishful thinking for women that they will one day rise to equality. Women are now a little disappointed due to the lack of support from the government.
Saied Morgan Mustafa, a technical and policy deputy at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs believes that it will take at least ten years for the society to view women less traditionally. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs will begin to set up shelters for women who leave their homes, mostly due to abuse. Many believe that by the government controlling these shelters, it will only be a start of the government controlling all women organizations. Is it worth supporting a country, which plans to manage women shelters, and organizations, which are not progressing (is it worth the time and money spent)?
Where did you find this report? Can you post a link to it?
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ReplyDeleteSara, if you remember last year in our Sociology class we learned how women in Middle Eastern countries were still being stoned, and murdered for being raped. I think we need to support these countries when planning to help women with shelter and organizations and etc. Maybe our support, and the support of others will show them how important this cause is and even speed up the process
ReplyDeleteOf course I agree that in an ideal society, we should do everything possible to help these unfortunate woman. To state the obvious, they did nothing to deserve their situation and they do deserve to be helped. But wouldn't government money be better spent on a different cause that will eventually fix itself? If you can help the woman by providing them equal pay jobs, or funding a woman's rights organization that will better their social standing in the long run, then by all means funnel money into these causes. But if your going to waste valuable government money, to put a band-aid on a gaping wound, then I say, "sorry, but in our economy money cannot be wasted."
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