{"id":118614,"date":"2021-09-27T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=118614"},"modified":"2021-09-27T10:46:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:46:23","slug":"how-did-afghan-women-gain-and-lose-rights-before-and-after-the-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/09\/27\/how-did-afghan-women-gain-and-lose-rights-before-and-after-the-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Afghan women gain and lose rights before and after the Taliban?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is life like for Afghan women now and how did it use to be before the Taliban? When militants seized Afghanistan in August 2021, they promised to respect women\u2019s rights \u2018within the limits of Islamic law\u2019. The current reality there is grim: a strict Islamic dress code has been imposed, classrooms have been segregated by gender, and women have been told to stay home. During the Taliban\u2019s previous reign between 1996 and 2001, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afghan women were excluded from education, work, government, sports, and public places. Women had to observe a strict dress code, covering themselves from head to toe. Draconian punishments were widespread: women were flogged, stoned, and executed in public for violating the terrorist group’s rules. Yet, Afghanistan had made significant strides in women\u2019s rights long before the Taliban appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1920s, the country\u2019s first queen consort, Soraya Tarzi, shocked the conservative society with her open-arm dresses and public appearances with King Amanullah Khan. By mid-century, women were wearing Western attire and embracing new opportunities in education and the workplace. During the Communist era, women actively participated in government, policing, business, and education. Check out the up-and-down history of women\u2019s rights in Afghanistan and find out how the country went from a Golden Age to the Stone Age of Taliban rule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new episode of InfoBites also looks closer at what Sharia law is and the Taliban\u2019s interpretation of it. RT Documentary offers you in-depth documentary films on topics that will leave no one indifferent. It\u2019s not just front-page stories and global events, but issues that extend beyond the headlines. Social and environmental issues, shocking traditions, intriguing personalities, history, sports and so much more \u2013 we have documentaries to suit every taste. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RT Documentary\u2019s film crews travel far and wide to bring you diverse and compelling stories. Discover the world with us! 0:00<\/a> – Intro 1:14<\/a> – King Amanullah Khan\u2019s reforms 2:14<\/a> – Kabul as the \u2018Paris of Central Asia\u2019 2:51<\/a> – Afghanistan\u2019s Communist era 3:11<\/a> – Rise of the Taliban and fall of women\u2019s rights 3:52<\/a> – Taliban \u2018justice\u2019 4:30<\/a> – What is Sharia law? 5:18<\/a> – Taliban promises 5:55<\/a> \u2013 Has the Taliban really changed? 6:52<\/a> – What have Afghan women achieved in the last 20 years? SUBSCRIBE TO RTD Channel to get documentaries firsthand! http:\/\/bit.ly\/1MgFbVy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RT Documentary What is life like for Afghan women now and how did it use to be before the Taliban? When militants seized Afghanistan in August 2021, they promised to respect women\u2019s rights \u2018within the limits of Islamic law\u2019. The current reality there is grim: a strict Islamic dress code has been imposed, classrooms have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}