Afghan women

Since many centuries, afghan women are denied in their society even if God ordered that men and women were equal. They’re totally considered as under the men like an animal or an object. This inferiority is the result of the Taliban's power, an extremist islamic group that took control of Afghanistan in 1996. The women lost the right to inheritance, the right to vote, the right to work and many others. Women have to follow many abusive rules. They’re forbidden to work, to leave the house without a man, to see medical help from a male doctor and they’re forced to cover themselves from head to toe at all time with a burqa. Many women lost their jobs to prostitute themselves to feed their families.

In 2001, women are now allow to work, to not wear the burqa anymore and they are appoint to prominent positions in the government. However, Afghan women are forced into marriages and their education is still denied. As answer, many schools were burned and some girls were poisoned to death.

Finally, since 2004, a new Afghan constitution appeared to protect girls and women. They’re now considered as citizens equal to men. The constitution explained that women should be saw, heard and read.


ABDULLAH, Qazi. «The Plight of the Afghan Woman», Afghanistan online, [en ligne]. [http://www.afghan-web.com/woman/] (March 21st, 2011)