Injustices Men vs. Women



Inequality between men and women has always been a problem in the world. Through the years, the situation has been worse or better depending of the country. In Afghanistan, since the Taliban Regime rules were in stored, the situation has deteriorated. These laws, based on the Sharia, are discriminatory against women. Marriages are arranged by parents. Some men have three wives. It’s something common. Girls of sixteen or fifteen years old can be married to an old man of forty years old. According to Human Rights Watch, in 2004, 57% of Afghan girls were married before the age of sixteen. Women are banned to work, go to school, put some make-up, laugh in public, play a sport and ride a bicycle, to name a few. When they want to go outside of the house, they have to be accompanied by a close male relative, like a brother, a father or a husband. These women have to wear a burqa. A burqa is a veil that covers the entire body leaving only a thinner part to be able to see from the inside. There are also laws for everyone. Population of Afghanistan can’t listen to music, watch television and go on the internet. Kite flying which was the national sport has been prohibited. According to women in this country, "Jehadis were killing us with guns and swords but Taliban are killing us with cotton.”. Why these women don’t have the same chance as us here? It’s a violation of human rights. That’s why we need to change things by sending our soldiers.



Image: «La Afghanistan: In the Mazar-e Sharif marketplace or any public area, women wear burkas» (May 9^th, 2008) [image], on the website Digital Journal. http://www.digitaljournal.com/image/39914


References

• Osama (2003, June 27th) [movie]. Afghanistan. (83 minutes)
• ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. «Gender inequality in Afghanistan», Wiki Gender,
  [online]. [http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Gender_Equality_in_Afghanistan] (August 2^nd 2010)
• REVOLUTIONNARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN. «Some of the restrictions imposed by Taliban on women in Afghanistan», Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan; [online]. [http://www.rawa.org/rules.htm] (No date)