{"id":1091942,"date":"2021-12-06T22:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091942"},"modified":"2021-12-06T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T03:14:05","slug":"taliban-leaders-declare-women-free-but-rights-activists-not-impressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-leaders-declare-women-free-but-rights-activists-not-impressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Leaders Declare Women &#039;Free&#039; but Rights Activists Not Impressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-leaders-declare-women-free-but-rights-activists-not-impressed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1091942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Afghan-Refugees-Return-Home-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Afghanistan\u2019s terrorist Taliban leaders issued a decree outlining the rights of women under the regime, but getting an education or finding a job was not included.<\/p>\n<p>However, women\u2019s rights activists there were not impressed and dismissed the proclamation as Taliban posturing for the international community and not the women, CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-taliban-declares-women-girls-rights-free-but-no-work-education\/\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The decree that was attributed to the Taliban\u2019s supreme leader&nbsp;Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada reportedly banned child marriage and said \u201cno one can force a woman to marry by coercion or pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A photo of what appeared to be the \u201cSpecial Decree\u201d was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zabehulah_M33\/status\/1466663907750256642\">posted<\/a> Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.9845360824742\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Special Decree Issued by Amir al-Momenin on Women&#8217;s Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OEZYqiCE7R\">https:\/\/t.co\/OEZYqiCE7R<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y4xdq0gIQa\">pic.twitter.com\/Y4xdq0gIQa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zabihullah (..\u0630\u0628\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u06cc\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0645 ) (@Zabehulah_M33) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zabehulah_M33\/status\/1466663907750256642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The CBS report continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>Child marriage and forced marriages are common across much of rural Afghanistan and have been for centuries \u2014 even under the U.S.-backed government that held sway for 20 years until the Taliban\u2019s takeover in the summer. Girls are often given away as brides to resolve disputes and settle debts between rival tribes and families. Low-income families will commonly marry their young girls to much older men in exchange for a large payment or dowry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Taliban\u2019s recent declaration said,&nbsp;\u201cA woman is not a property, but a noble and free human being; no one can give her to anyone in exchange for peace deal and or to end animosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, women activists urged the international community to pressure the Islamic Emirate to maintain the rights of women, TOLO News <a href=\"https:\/\/tolonews.com\/index.php\/afghanistan-175754\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens of women gathered on Sunday in Kabul to express their dissatisfaction with the decree issued by the Islamic Emirate\u2019s supreme leader regarding Afghan women, saying more inclusivity is needed,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1kXFHMFujvE\">showed<\/a> the women holding signs with phrases such as, \u201cI don\u2019t want any more slogans I want my right to work and be educated\u201d written on them:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Women Call for Political, Social Inclusion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1kXFHMFujvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the \u201cTaliban must allow\u201d shelters and other institutions for Afghan women to be <a href=\"https:\/\/tolonews.com\/afghanistan-175770\">reopened<\/a> to guard them from \u201cfurther violence,\u201d a human rights watchdog stated Monday, according to TOLO News.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International voiced concern about the situation regarding Afghan women, the outlet continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p>\u201cTo protect women and girls from further violence, the Taliban must allow and support the reopening of shelters and the restoration of other protective services for survivors, reinstate the Ministry of Women\u2019s Affairs, and ensure that service providers can work freely and without fear of retaliation,\u201d said Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s secretary general, as quoted in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen and girl survivors of gender-based violence have essentially been abandoned in Afghanistan. Their network of support has been dismantled, and their places of refuge have all but disappeared,\u201d she added. \u201cIt defies belief that the Taliban threw open prison doors across the country, with no thought of the risks that convicted perpetrators pose to the women and girls they victimized, and to those who worked on survivors\u2019 behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The organization also urged the international community to supply long-term funding to protect the women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan\u2019s terrorist Taliban leaders issued a decree outlining the rights of women under the regime, but getting an education or finding a job was not included. 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