KABUL -
Less than a month after the Taliban movement came to power in Afghanistan, the Afghan woman found herself locked up in her home because the movement issued orders to all female employees, except those in the health sector, to stay at home until the Taliban looked into the Afghan woman who was able to exercise her role in society. Afghani over the past two decades.
After the Taliban came to power, the movement struck a conciliatory tone, pledging to support and respect women's rights "within the limits of Islam", as girls were prevented from enrolling in secondary schools and universities had to separate classes by sex, and the Taliban appointed a new Afghan government without women in ministerial positions.
The return of 12 female employees to work at the airport, among the more than 80 women who work in it, who did not agree to return (Al-Jazeera)
Taliban and women's work
The Taliban's position on women's work can be described as cautious because it does not want to confront the international community and Afghan women alike, and it has allowed workers in the medical sector, the airport and a number of primary schools to return to work. A source in the Taliban movement told Al-Jazeera Net, "We have evidence that confirms that some countries and institutions are behind the issue of women, as if Afghanistan does not suffer from other problems, and what you see of demonstrations and marches in the capital, Kabul, and Taliban militants who provide security for it is evidence that the movement is committed to women's rights, and this This group of women does not represent the rest of the women."
The same source asked, "What did previous governments offer during 20 years to rural women? How many women lost their lives during childbirth? We do not allow those who trade in women's issue to outbid... The movement will provide Afghan women with all their rights and open the doors of schools and universities after providing a safe environment for that. Have you not heard of currents?" Who in the West calls for the separation of boys and girls in schools and universities? The West wants us to bargain on women's rights, and I realize that they will link many things to women's rights."
Part of a women's demonstration against the Taliban movement on September 30 last (French)
airport staff
Contrary to government departments, a security company managed to persuade officials at Kabul International Airport to allow female employees to return to their work but the response was very weak, with 12 female employees out of more than 80 women agreeing to return to work at the airport.
Rahela (pseudonym) says to Al Jazeera Net, "I have been working for 10 years in the security inspection department in the international flight hall at Kabul Airport, I want to leave the country, I have no motive to work here. I have not received my salary for two months, but I still work. I am very afraid of The current situation and I cannot live in this tense atmosphere. I want to build a decent life for my children, and this is not available here. I applied for asylum in several countries and I hope to find someone to help me. The fall of Kabul in this way surprised me a lot.”
A security company managed to convince officials at Kabul Airport to allow female employees to return to their work (Al-Jazeera)
A colleague of Rahela believes that the situation will improve and she should stay in her country. She has been working for 10 years in a foreign company that provides security services at Kabul International Airport.
Jamila Ratib told Al Jazeera Net, "I work in the women's control and inspection department in the local part of Kabul Airport. At first, I was very afraid."
"I haven't come to work for days, then I decided to go back and I had no hope of continuing, but things are going well so far. I don't have money and my family is asking me to leave Afghanistan, but I tell her that things will get better, God willing, and this is my country, where do I go?" And where can I escape from my destiny? I can't stand alienation."
Wish my friend: The gains made by the women of Afghanistan during the past 20 years are now threatened (Al-Jazeera)
Women's demonstrations
The Taliban movement realizes that Afghan society has changed a lot and that Afghan women know their rights. Since the Taliban movement came to power, there have been several women's demonstrations demanding the right of women to work and education.
Tamna Seddiqi tells Al Jazeera Net, "Since the Taliban movement came to power, several demonstrations have taken place in the capital, Kabul, and the rest of the cities, and this is evidence that Afghan women are demanding their right to education and work, and that the Taliban movement is trying to deprive them of their freedom."
My friend explained that "the formation of the new government is evidence that the gains made by women during the past 20 years are under threat. Women have won seats in parliament and the government, and the reign of the outgoing Afghan president can be described as a golden age for women, as they reached the embassies and the seat of Afghanistan's permanent representative at the United Nations." All these gains were lost by the entry of the Taliban into Kabul."
Rural girls are deprived of education because the rights that Afghan women obtained were only for women in the capital (Reuters)
The suffering of rural women
There are those who believe that the rights that Afghan women obtained were for women in the capital and other major cities, because rural women still suffer from illiteracy and disease and have not obtained their most basic rights, and previous governments exploited women's rights in order to obtain other matters from the international community and dealing with women was formally only.
A former government source told Al Jazeera Net that "the outgoing Afghan President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani nominated 3 women ministers in his government, as well as a large number of women as deputy ministers until he appointed a girl as deputy defense minister, and this is a precedent in Afghanistan."
Also, the first lady, Rola Ghani, used to meet every week with the Afghan Minister of Defense for the quota of women in the army and security forces. The concern for the right of women in this way is not justified in the first place because a country like Afghanistan has other priorities, but the outgoing Afghan president and his wife knew the American and Western mood Therefore, they cared about Afghan women at the expense of the priorities of Afghan society, according to the same government source.