{"id":683364,"date":"2021-08-25T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T18:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=683364"},"modified":"2021-08-25T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T18:06:27","slug":"as-afghan-women-face-brutal-subjugation-under-taliban-rule-biden-admin-to-host-5k-run-for-womens-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-afghan-women-face-brutal-subjugation-under-taliban-rule-biden-admin-to-host-5k-run-for-womens-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"As Afghan Women Face Brutal Subjugation Under Taliban Rule, Biden Admin To Host 5K Run for \u2018Women\u2019s Equality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fas-afghan-women-face-brutal-subjugation-under-taliban-rule-biden-admin-to-host-5k-run-for-womens-equality%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=683364&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 readability=\"33.31914893617\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Defense Department event will celebrate commitment to &#8216;diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility&#8217;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234607011-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234607011-736x491-1.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234607011-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234607011-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234607011.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> \u2022 August 25, 2021 2:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"101.25206839493\">\n<p>As millions of Afghan women are abandoned to subjugation and torture at the hands of the Taliban, President Joe Biden&#8217;s Defense Department will celebrate &#8220;Women&#8217;s Equality Day&#8221; on Thursday by hosting a 5K run at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women&#8217;s Equality Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on the many benefits of true equality and the role of women in our public life,&#8221; the military&#8217;s diversity and inclusion officers wrote in an email announcing the event. No registration is required to participate, and prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Taliban soldiers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/taliban-reportedly-shoots-kill-afghan-191314540.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murdering<\/a> Afghan women for not wearing burqas. On Tuesday, in a scene right out of the <em>Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/em>, the militant group&#8217;s official spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/25\/asia\/taliban-women-workplaces-afghanistan-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> women to stay home until&nbsp;&#8220;women related procedures are in place.&#8221; Taliban soldiers, he warned, are&nbsp;&#8220;not trained&#8221; to respect them or refrain from violent acts of misogyny.<\/p>\n<p>A military veteran with knowledge of the email announcement told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> they were appalled, given the unfolding disaster in Afghanistan and the Taliban&#8217;s medieval approach to women&#8217;s equality. &#8220;It shows a&nbsp;complete lack of situational awareness, and shows how inept this administration is in handling a crisis\u2014that they push woke bullshit during this time,&#8221; the veteran said. &#8220;Soldiers will hate it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Clarence Johnson, the Pentagon&#8217;s director of diversity management and equal opportunity, announced the department-wide recognition of &#8220;Women&#8217;s Equality Day&#8221; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseculture.mil\/Portals\/90\/Documents\/Observances\/WED\/2021\/MEMO-DMOC_Women&#039;s_Equality_Day_Observance-20210819.pdf?ver=SHiqhDb2VFs21mffmD3YvQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a> to senior leadership last week:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizes August 26, 2021, as Women\u2019s Equality&nbsp;Day. On this day, we celebrate the ratification of women\u2019s suffrage in the U.S. as well as the&nbsp;heroes who faced violence and discrimination to propel the women\u2019s voting rights movement&nbsp;forward. It is a major milestone still celebrated in the women\u2019s rights movement today.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This year\u2019s theme is &#8220;Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced.&#8221; DoD&nbsp;recognizes the 19th Amendment that serves as a reminder to continue pursuing gender equality.&nbsp;As an employer of choice, DoD is committed to ensure we create an environment for all women&nbsp;to serve freely and safely. We embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and&nbsp;acknowledge our commitment to afford women the opportunities to represent our nation as role&nbsp;models, mentors, and lead at the highest levels within the Department.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military &#8220;must stand together,&#8221; Johnson wrote, and &#8220;acknowledge that inequality and discrimination&#8221; against women is &#8220;antithetical to our core values.&#8221; In the interest of providing crucial context, here is a sampling of headlines from Aug. 16, the day the memo was circulated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chaos, Desperation at Kabul Airport as Biden Defends Withdrawal From Afghanistan (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li>Afghan Woman in Limbo After Taliban Sweep (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<li>The Taliban&#8217;s Return Is Catastrophic for Women (<em>The Atlantic<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Fear Spreads in Kabul as Taliban Take Charge (<em>The New York Times<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Female Mayor in Afghanistan Says She&#8217;s Waiting for Taliban to \u2018Come \u2026 and Kill Me&#8217; (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/biden-afghanistan-failure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Triumph: The Most Inclusive National Embarrassment in History<\/a> (<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier this week, as U.S. diversity and inclusion officers were organizing the 5K run for women&#8217;s equality, a young Afghan woman was <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/AlinejadMasih\/status\/1429774327558328323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing<\/a> her state of mind as the Taliban solidified its control of the country:&nbsp;&#8220;I want to kill myself, and I am not alone, many women in Afghanistan are broken now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the race!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1511349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dod1-1.jpeg\" alt width=\"828\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dod1-1.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dod1-1-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dod1-1-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dod1-1-736x496.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/dod1-1-729x491.jpeg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Defense Department event will celebrate commitment to &#8216;diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility&#8217;  Getty  Andrew Stiles \u2022 August 25, 2021 2:00 pm As &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}