Study of the Women of Afghanistan
Study of the Women of Afghanistan
Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have been persecuted and threatened in public for not following the laws of the Taliban. First of all, Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public without a male relative. Secondly, Depression is becoming so big that it has reached emergency levels. Lastly, It is a t the point where the term “human rights violations” has become an understatement. Women have been beaten and stoned to death for not following the strict laws and rules of the government of Afghanistan.
Professional women such as professors, translators, doctors, lawyers have been forced from their jobs and restricted to their homes, they cannot be seen in public without a burqua and must were silent shoes so that they will not be heard. Homes in witch women lived the windows had to be painted so that they would never be seen by outsiders. The women must wear silent shoes so that when they go out they are not heard. A women was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her arm, another women was also stoned for trying to leave the country with a man that was not a relative. Women who were once educator and doctors are now severely restricted and treated as subhuman. They live in fear of their lives for the slightest misbehavior. Women without male relatives are either starving to death or begging on the street because they don’t have the right to work.
Depression in Afghanistan is becoming so widespread that it has reached emergency levels. There is no way in such an Islamic society to know the suicide rate but they estimate that suicide rates among women are extremely high. Women that cannot find proper medication and treatment for severe depression would rather take their lives than live in such conditions. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak eat, or do anything. Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or crying, most in fear. When what little medication that is left finally runs out, one doctor is considering leaving these women in front of the presidents residence as a form of protest. Women suffer from deep depression...