As human beings we all have human rights that guarantee a dignified
life regardless our skin color, language or religion. However some
countries in the world don’t recognize these rights and deprive people
of their liberties. This type of issue is presented in Afghanistan, where
many human rights are violated specially afghan women’s freedoms.
In the year 2011 Afghanistan was named as the “world’s most
dangerous country in which to be born a woman”. A study by the UN in
2010 pointed that the traditional practices that violate women’s rights
and freedoms include child or forced marriage, isolation of women in
their homes and murders.
During the decade of 1970 before the Taliban came to power, afghan
women had a “normal” life where their rights and freedoms were
respected by society. Unfortunately the Taliban took control of
Afghanistan’s government in 1996 and plunged it into a brutal state of
totalitarian dictatorship in which women and girls were stripped of
their basic human rights. The Taliban imposed strict “rules” such as:
Closed schools to girls and women, prohibited women from leaving
their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, forced women to
wear the burqa ( article of clothing that completely covers the body,
except eyes) and many more injustices. Women were brutally beaten
and killed for violating these Taliban decrees. In the year 2011
the American military forces defeated Taliban regime, liberating
women and girls from the Taliban injustices. However, many afghan
women and girls still live without basic necessities and nearly 1000
girls’ schools have been attacked, because of the inadequate security
forces. These attacks have a clear common motive that is the intention
to undermine the authority of the central government and make
people afraid to use governmental services.
Another aspect that supports these types of injustices against women
is the country’s political system, because they believe everything they
do is for a benefit and even though it is not, politicians excuse