The
article I read for this week’s blog was about the rights of women in Afghanistan,
more specifically Kabul Afghanistan. About two months ago around three hundred
women walked the streets of the capital in protest to a new bill that had been
signed into a law. As the women stepped out of their cars, or buses they were assaulted
by groups of men who called them profane names. As the woman walked the streets
their first stop was the School of the Last Prophet, a madrasa run by Ayatollah
Asif Mohseni. This school was one of the main reasons the bill was made into a
law. One of Madrasa’s senior clerics said that the law was made by scholars and
approved by scholars, implying that the women protesting weren’t educated
enough to understand why the law was a good law.
The
law that is being protested against has Taliban-like restrictions
on women. There are three major parts of the law that has people in an uproar.
The first part of the law states that whenever a husband wants to have sexual
relations with his wife it is illegal for her to refuse. One of the women in
the crowd of protestors was quoted saying “It means a woman is a kind of
property, to be used by the man in any way that he wants.” The second part of the law states that the
husband has to give permission to the woman if she wants to work outside of the
home, or go to school. The third part states that it’s illegal for a woman to
refuse to “make herself up” or “dress up” for her husband if she asks her to.
Dalila Aguilar
2/14/13 10:33 pm
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