Violation of Women rights in Afghanistan

Women are not given their rights

Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, since then they are violating women rights. Women cannot get education, work, and have free movement. They cannot participate in public life so their life has made restricted which is very wrong. Education is not only basic right, but the key to development of a nation. But according to Taliban, men are superior than women so they are not giving proper rights to women. After refusal to give education to girls, they are then forcefully married in teenage which is not good at all and it also contributes ỉn overpopulation indirectly. The age limit to get married is 18 which is legal age all around the world. A strict dress code has been made for girls and women and they are not permitted to travel more than 75km without a mehram. They are compelled to stay at home. There are so many troubles, a new law is made that male doctor cannot treat women. Women’s rights activists face huge threats. All of this is forcefully being done with women which is very wrong and not acceptable in islam also. Islam gives equal rights to all human beings but taliban are preaching it in their own way. It is said that efforts should be made by other muslim countries to talk to taliban about the rights of women under shariah so that they stop violating women rights and peace can be maintained. This issue is highlighted internationally but still cannot be resolved.

A recent study by UN women and partner showd that only 15% of Afghan men think women should be allowed to work outside of their home after marriage, and two thirds of men complain Afghan women now have too many rights. Women representatives feel systematically marginalized, ignored, patronized, and harassed, with men trying to order them “back to the kitchen.” UN experts say 20 years of progress for women and girls has been erased since taliban take over. The information gathered by UN states that all over the country, women report feeling invisible, isolated, suffocated, living in prison like conditions. Many are unable to have their basic needs met even.

As it did when the NATO International Security Assistance Force was in place, the United States should continue to place a significant policy emphasis on women's rights in Afghanistan even as it withdraws its troops. Such a concern goes beyond a simple humanitarian necessity. Because women are agents of both peace and economic advancement in Afghanistan, women's empowerment continues to serve U.S. primary goals in the nation. By insisting to the Taliban and Afghan power brokers that women's rights are crucial prerequisites for U.S. and international aid, the United States should try to influence intra-Taliban negotiations in order to preserve the maximum freedom and human rights protection of Afghan women that Afghan society is prepared to accept.