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Women's rights is a big topic. A universal 

topic. Many women want rights to be equal 

in the workforce or to vote... but some 

women just want to be free to live their 

lives by their own rules. Just to wear what 

the want, marry who they want, walk 

outside there homes without a male escort. 

In the life of a woman in Afghanistan those 

are all things that they can't do, but they 

want to desperately. Afghanistan's  

President Hamid Karzai signed off a decree 

in March stating that women are secondary 

to men

             Days of the Taliban

The taliban is an Islamic Fundamentalist group 

political movement in Afghanistan. It spread into 

Afghanistan and formed a government, ruling as 

the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 

September 1996 until December 2001. I do 

realize we're focusing on current events,but not 

only are they the reason for many of the rules 

and regulations that are being enforced but they 

also still have secretive unofficial control over 

many places in Afghanistan. 

The Taiban is against education for Afghan girls. 

They are burning down schools and killing 

students and teachers by all means, including 

chemical warfare.June 2012, fifteen suspects 

were detained by Afghanistan's National 

Directorate of Security (NDS) "in connection with 

the serial anti-school attacks in northern 

Afghanistan. Everyday school girls would hide 

their school supplies in their   burqas to go to 

school without the men noticing. Many women 

caught being involved in teaching were, 

prosecuted, jailed and tortured. 

< This photo shows a 

tortured school girl

< This photo 

show Aisha

Many women and girls   wanted to get away 

from the horrible humiliating life in 

Afghanistan. They wanted to leave and start a 

new life to better themselves (even though 

most women stayed out of fear). But no Aisha( 

which is most likely not her real name,just a 

name used to protect her.) She was a shy 18-

year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by 

a Taliban commander to have her nose and 

ears cut off for fleeing her abusive in-laws.

           Facts about Afghan Girls/Women\

-Girls are being abused, mistreated and forced to wed 

young. Reference: Sahar Gul story.

-Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during 

childbirth

-87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate

-30 percent of girls have access to education in 

Afghanistan

-1 in every 3 Afghan women experience 

physical, psychological or sexual violence

-44 years is the average life expectancy rate 

for women in Afghanistan, whereas

-70 to 80 percent of women face forced 

marriages in Afghanistan

-Pakistan has been refusing to deliver Afghan 

bound school text books

Arranged marriages are common for women 

in Afghanistan and they are done mostly for 

political and economic reasons. A girl's father 

has the ultimate authority over who he 

believes his daughter should marry. It is not 

uncommon for girls to be engaged even 

before they are born. Many households have 

5-10 children per household. Keep in mind 

that 1 out of every 10 infants don't survive 

the first 6 months of their lives.

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