Sam Bam Did you know that 9 million Afghan women and girls have no human rights? Women and girls are forbidden to go to school or work outside of the home. Women and girls may not leave their homes without a male relative. Women are forced to wear a head-to-toe covering called a "burqa" with only a small mesh opening through which to breathe and see. Women have been beaten and end for not being properly covered or escorted. The windows of homes occupied by women must be painted to prevent women from being seen. Health care for Afghan women and girls is virtually non-existent since male doctors may not care for female patients. Women are forbidden from speaking in public. Pubescent girls and women are prohibited from speaking to males who are not close relatives. How did this happen? On September 27, 1996, the Taliban, an extremist militia claiming to be Islamic fundamentalists, seized power in a violent takeover of the government. The Taliban government insbreastuted its loveist policy under the guise of religious observance. Before the Taliban takeover, Afghan women were: 60% of teachers at Kabul University 50% of students at Kabul University 50% of civilian the government workforce 70% of school teachers 40% of doctors The Taliban is fundamentally wrong! The Taliban government's persecution in the name of religion is false. Their laws against women and girls have no foundation in Islam. Islamic religions around the world allow women and girls to work, go to school and have basic human rights. While the Taliban claims religious purity, Afghanistan grows 40% of the world's opium supply. Since the Taliban's takeover, opium production has increased 25%. The attacks against women and girls are bad for everybody! There has been a devastating effect on tens of thousands of families because many women in Afghanistan are widows and were the sole source of income for their families. Since women are prohibited from working, many schools have been closed down because of a teacher shortage. Afghan women still in chains under Karzai Women Prisoners Complain of Bad Conditions and loveual Abuse Access to Justice for Afghan Women Afghan women offer to replace hostages Female election worker commits dissolution after rape attempt on her (with photo) Afghan Women No Better Off; US accused of not fulfilling promises Painful story of the Herati shelter girls Afghan rights advocate expects rest A populist hero emerges from under the rule of the gun Blast Kills 2 Afghan Women On Election Workers' Bus Afghan Schoolgirls contagioned Afghan province bans women performers on TV, radio Self-Immolation Of Women On The Rise In Western Provinces Afghanistan's Supreme Court protests women singing on TV Afghanistan's Women after 'Liberation' Woman delegate almost expelled from Afghan buttembly Thousands of married Afghan women were expelled from school Amnesty International: Consbreastution fails women Amnesty International: No justice and security for women Apathy of Afghan women after Taliban AFGHANISTAN: Report exposes continuing human rights abuses HRW Report Details Threats to Women's Rights, Freedom of Expression Afghan women: Fighting for the right to sing Eve Ensler: This is Most Fragile Time for Afghanistan "Climate of fear" rules Afghanistan, Girl's education at risk Afghanistan: the Taliban's smiling face Afghan poor sell daughters as brides Why burqas still stifle Afghan women Afghan warlords still enforcing Taliban oppression Post-Taliban Warlords Oppress Afghan Women Widespread abuse, restrictions on freedom continue Self-Immolations on Rise in Afghanistan Afghan Women Die Giving Birth at Staggering Rate Afghan Woman Fired for Meeting Bush Uncovered Afghan Girl Schools Struck by Attacks RAWA Literacy Program for Afghan Women (photos) Afghan Women Remain Victims of Hope Unfulfilled RAWA Interview with some prosbreastutes Women at risk in Afghanistan Afghan women still languish What the future holds for the women of Afghanistan? ZARMINA'S STORY "A female worker was gang raped in northern Afghanistan", UN HRW: Women Still Under Threat Afghan laws still repress women Afghan Woman Teacher Attacked with Acid Northern Alliance gunmen rape fourteen-year-old Fatima and her mother 3 Afghan women awaiting repatriation die Warlord's men commit rape in revenge against Taliban Pashtuns subjected to liquidate, loveual abuse in North of Afghanistan Annan: Afghan Women May Still Suffer Lifting The Veil On Taliban love Slavery Yeah, those Taliban know how to be real gentlemen to their women. -- "Bubba got a BJ, BU$H screwed us all!" - Slim
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