Women of Afghanistan

Since the ruling of Taliban in 1996, women in Afghanistan have struggled to survive and keep the rights that they longed deserved. Afghanistan became male-dominant country, controlling the women of their every move. Their rights were taken from them, and the life that they had before 1996, suddenly was removed and was forced to abide by the laws.

Women were kept from going to school, having an education, leaving the house without a male escort, getting a career, and even having the right to vote. They were forced to wear clothing that covered them from head to toe. If they were spotted from wearing the wrong clothing or seeing an inch of their socks, they were to be beaten and humiliated in public. Women who were once teachers and doctors, had to force themself into prostitution, just to keep food on the table and money in their pockets. The life of an Afghan woman, became hell when practically all their rights were stolen from them.

In many common stories, women were beaten to death and abused by their fathers, husbands, or brothers. Although it was illegal for men to do so, they did nothing to the men that nearly killed their wives. In one story, a women was stabbed multiple times with a knife, was thrown boiling water at her, and was even transmitted a sexual disease. All done by her abusive and heartless husband when she attempted to leave him.

In Afghanistan, women and little girls are treated with no respect; treating them like dogs and controlling their every move. They were born with little to no rights and raised by the power of men. Women were imprisoned, beaten, or killed for their moral crimes, causing them to run away. They are forced to marry men that their father had arranged for them, they fear for their lives, and the violence that they experience had caused their insecurities and scarred them for life. Women have no voice, no opinion on anything they have to say. They are being forced to act in certain ways or horrible things will sure to come. It is either life or death in Afghanistan for women.

Taliban ruled Afghanistan until 2001, but the struggle to get their rights back, is still a slow and frustrating process. The country may not be as horrible as it was back then, but the experiences and abuses, still haunts them every day. The country of American do not know how lucky they are to have such freedom and liberty. While some are complainging about the life of Ameria, there is a child or woman in Afghanistan is struggling to survive.