KABUL: Women’s Rights Activists in the Capital of Afghanistan Kabul insist on Sunday they will continue to struggle for the right to education, employment and participation in Afghan’s political and social life, and say a recent Taliban decree that forbid forced marriage is not enough to overcome the problem this.
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The decision, which was released on Friday, came as a surge in poverty in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover from the country in mid-August amid a withdrawal of US troops and NATO.
The foreign government has stopped funding to the country that depends on assistance since then.
Activist Social Rights Farida Akbari said the new Taliban government must allow women access to education and work.
At present education at the secondary and above school level has been banned, while most women have been banned from work.
Akbari said Friday’s decree on forced marriage would not have special benefits for women living in the city, where such practices were less frequent.
“It is not acceptable for us to get married, eat, and live at home,” he told reporters.
“We want our role in politics, economics, work, education and social activities where they cannot limit us.” The author’s activist and women’s rights of Huda Khamosh noted women are “important parts of the community” and deny the right to work and participate in the political and economic life of Afghanistan “the same as the rejection of women in the community.” The right of women and women for education is in all Islamic countries, said the author and social activist Marzia Darazi.
The Taliban decision on Friday seems to be aimed at overcoming the criteria of the international community considering the prerequisites for recognizing their government and restoring assistance.
According to the decree, “both (women and men) must be the same,” and “no one can force women to marry for coercion or pressure.” It also recorded women having rights to inheritance, and a widow could marry someone from his choice of 17 weeks after the death of her husband.
Forced marriages have become more often in poor and conservative countries, as internal refugees direct young women in exchange for bride prices that can be used to pay debts and feed their families.
For decades of women in Afghanistan were treated like property – as exchange tokens for blood money or ending tribal disputes or disputes.
Taliban now states that they oppose practice.