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while in power in Afghanistan the Taliban became notorious
internationally for their discrimination against women Afghan women were forced
to wear the burqa
at all times women and girls were systematically discriminated against in
marginalized
their human rights and early violated
the
but that was not always the case with Afghan women
from the 19th century in through the 20th century the rulers Afghanistan
consistently attempted to lessen woman's restrictions
in the country among them was king Amanullah who ruled from 1919 to 1929 in
made some other more noteworthy changes in an attempt to modernize the country
King Amanulla promoted freedom for women
in the public sphere in order to lessen the controlled the patriarchal families
had over women
he stressed the importance for young girls and women to receive an education
students from elementary and middle schools emulated their counterparts
in the European countries learning about nature trails
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along with encouraging families to send their daughters to school
he promoted the unveiling of women and persuaded them to adopt a more western
style address
in 1921 he created a law that abolished forced marriage
child marriage bride price and put restrictions
on polygamy a common practice among households in Afghanistan
modern social reform for Afghan women begin when Queen Soraya made rapid
reforms to improve women's lives in their position in the family
in 1946 Queen humara created the women society which was the first ever women's
Institute in Afghanistan
in 1959 she supported the call by the Prime Minister Mohammed out common for
women to voluntary removal of veil by removing her own
guard
veil
one particularly interesting segment in the history of Afghan women is during
the nineteen sixty
the government oversight on various rural development programmes were female
nurses were sent jeeps to remote areas and villages to inoculate residents from
diseases such as cholera
in 1964 woman helped to draft Afghanistan's third Constitution
which gave women the right to vote and open the doors have elected office to
women
throughout most to the 1960s in nineteen seventies
women saw increased participation in politics
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and doctor and he to Richie's that were elected as members of parliament
subsequent to adoption
the third Constitution while human malek your salad chicken is Isaac gordy he
were appointed as senators
it was not unusual for men and women to casually mingling movie theaters
in on university campuses
on coming to power in April 1978
the PDPA government begin to implement serious reforms favoring women such as
eliminating the bride price
educating women and bring them from the burqa during this time it made
significant advances towards modernisation
more women were able to hold jobs as scientists
teachers doctors in civil servants and have a considerable amount
a freedom with significant educational opportunities
the form childcare centres in their workplaces to make it easier for women
to work
maternity lead was extended to 3 months from six weeks and they were still
getting their salary
the Afghan government also begin mass literacy campaigns
and provided free medical care
the band Brian Price and forced marriage among
others and a minimum age for marriage was raised among
other advances in both matrimonial and women's rights
they also stressed the importance of education
in Afghanistan the government stressed education for both women and men
they also set up literacy programs in the country
during communist rule the PDPA government reform the education system
education was stressed for both sexes and widespread literacy programs were
set up
play 1988 women made up forty percent above the doctors and
sixty percent of the teachers at Kabul University 440,000 female students were
enrolled in different
educational institutions and eighty thousand more in literacy programs
the majority have women however lived in poverty
and were excluded from these opportunities
in 1977 the revolutionary association of the women of Afghanistan
runner was founded by me the cash marquee mall in Kabul which launched a
bilingual magazine title woman's message
p.m. is an in 1981 organized events in the city of Campbell for several years
to mark International Women's Day
by the late nineteen eighties women made up forty percent of the country's
doctors
women doctors were in high demand especially in rural areas
where women were still strictly secluded and barred from consulting male doctors
sixty percent at the instructors at Kabul University in 65 percent above the
student body were women
family courts in some cases presided over by female judges
had replaced the mall Sharia Courts the number I'm working women increase 54
by 1987 they were an estimated two hundred forty five thousand women
working in fields ranging from construction
printing in food processing to radio and TV journalism and especially teaching
with a made up seventy percent of the workforce