Why Do We Have Women's Rights In Afghanistan Essay

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“Afghanistan is ranked to be one of the most dangerous place in the world for women, according to Thompson Reuters Foundation poll” (ANSF). Before the Soviet occupation in 1979 and the Taliban takeover in 1996, Afghanistan was a liberal country with a progressive outlook on women’s rights. Women had equal rights as to men and were protected under law and had the right to vote. They received high level education, wore whatever they liked, marriage was optional, and they had access to public spaces to which they traveled freely without supervision. It all came to an end when the rule of the Taliban began. Taliban started banning women from having education, jobs, having the right to vote and the right to have the choice of who to marry and when. There are many people who argue that women in Afghanistan have equal rights, but they are not aware that even after the fall of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer oppression, abuse, and inequality.
Majority of women in Afghanistan are getting either no education or receiving poor standard education. Women still peruse to get their education and go to school even though it is banned by the Taliban. Several schools which are designed to only educate women are regularly bombed by the Taliban and that has led to …show more content…

For instance, some cities of the country such as Kabul, women are free to go to school and have jobs and have fairly equal rights as men. They pursue their own careers and follow their dreams and path of success. They also choose who to marry and refuse to marriage proposals with no consequences. Unfortunately, this is not the case for every woman in Afghanistan like it should be. Even though in some cities, women do get the freedom and rights, but they still do not have the same equal opportunities as men receive and they get mostly judged for whatever actions they

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