Elaheh Rostami Povey, `Women in Afghanistan: Passive victims of the borga or active social participants?' in Development, women, and war (see note 4), p179.Rostami, P. E. (2003). Women in Afghanistan: Passive victims of the borga or active social participants? Development in Practice, 13...
"This is not only my wish, but the wish of all Afghan women." A second woman hopes "women inAfghanistanwill be recognised as human beings", and another dreams of being able to go "to the park, to the playground andto the beauty salons". The women, who are aspirin...
To make a living, what really matters is determination, learning a skill, finding a suitable job, and achieving a goal, "said Zainab, a professional woman, to reporters in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8th, the journalist team inte...
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In Focus: The Women of the Afghanistan War - Raw FileAriel Zambelich
Women in Afghanistan still endure some of the most restrictive societal laws on earth and are forced behind closed doors and pulled veils to keep them removed from life. The government does little to uphold laws enacted to protect women and their rights. Many live in fear. Few escape. Some ...
"I would love for him [Hegseth] to look into the eyes of the loved ones of the women who were killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq and tell them that they were not in combat or that their loved ones were not worthy of putting it all on the line or putting themselves in the li...
Women's rights Activist Minisa Mubariz, 37, told CBS News that she and the other women at the protest were "extremely concerned about the international community's silence on the situation for women in Afghanistan." "Afghanistan has become a prison for women. 20 million women...
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