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>________________________________ >From: sunny <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:02 AM >Subject: [proletar] Afghan Women Fear Taliban Talks > > > >http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3270&Itemid=212 > >Afghan Women Fear Taliban Talks > >Written by Jeanne Bryer, >Women's Feature Service? >Thursday, 23 June 2011 >They fear despotic, misogynous Islamic fundamentalists likely to return them >to the dark ages > >The report Wednesday from Washington, DC that US President Barack Obama has >set in motion a substantial withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is >hardly good news for Afghanistan's women. Withdrawal of 10,000 NATO troops is >expected by the end of the year. Women in the country are hearing rumors that >talks with the Taliban are already taking place in secret. > >This is alarming. Without the representation and participation of women there >can be no assurance that their rights will be upheld after the peace process >and that could spell disaster. Women risk losing liberty, education and >employment if the fundamentalist Taliban were to win a significant place in >the Afghan government. > >The presence of foreign troops has caused significant issues, too. For >example, a recent errant NATO strike killed at least nine women and children. >But women say this tragedy should not be used as a reason for a troop >withdrawal. The Taliban are responsible for the majority of civilian deaths >during the war and intolerable abuse of women. > >In May, Safia Siddiqi, a women's activist and former member of the Afghan >National Economy Committee, said on a national radio broadcast that nothing >had improved for women in rural areas and that women need each other and the >international forces to attain peace and security. > >Female activists recall that in 1948 Afghanistan was a signatory to the >Declaration of Universal Human Rights and in 1953 ratification of the >Convention on the Political Rights of Women afforded them all the political >rights - including the right to vote in elections and to hold public office - >that men enjoyed. >Women's rights are not a recent western import but freedoms taken away by >successive regimes that waged war with foreign interference, they say. Even >with these rights, in the past educated women were the elite few and the >majority lived enclosed within the confines of the home, often uneducated. >This is true today, too, but with a key difference: Most women now know >precisely what they should still have. >Before Sept. 11, 2001, Afghan women begged the international community to help >them. I interviewed many myself in 2000 and 2001 while reporting on aid >programs for a UK-based non-governmental organization. Educated or not, rich >or poor, all the women appealed to me to ask my government to save them from >the Taliban. > >They told me: "All we want is security so that we can have education for our >children and to be able to work." They feared and dreaded the Taliban and many >had been widowed by this very movement with whom the US and UK governments are >considering negotiating. > >Many are anxious about their economic rights. They need to be able to work, to >earn money to feed and house their children. > >When the Taliban were in power, the women of Afghanistan were denied those >rights. Women were banned from working outside the home except in highly >restricted areas. Widows only had recourse to living on the kindness of their >neighbors, on charity, of which there was little during this time, and by >begging. I saw many women pathetically holding out their hands from under >their burqas in supplication for a coin, risking a beating if a Talib saw them >alone in the street. > >When people talk of reconciliation with the Taliban, should we not ask who >they intend to include? Women need seats at the table when negotiations take >place. Otherwise it's hard for women to believe that Taliban re-integration is >sincere and not a charade for foreign observers that will dissolve the minute >troops withdraw. > >Women have made gains in the cities and there are many examples of girls now >going to school. Yet, in some areas, like Helmand, they still risk their lives >by attending school. Girls' education is often curtailed after primary school. >Daughters are still used to settle disputes. The maternal mortality rate there >is among the highest in the world. > >Currently, Afghans neither support their government, because they know that >many are corrupt, nor international forces, which do not appear to take enough >care when launching attacks. Both must change before the Taliban can be >isolated. > >Without doubt though there needs to be reconciliation with men who are >currently alienated from the Afghan government. And we know from Northern >Ireland that it is sometimes possible for terrorists to become respected >members of society and even the government. But this can only be achieved when >all parties concerned can be confident that such men have renounced terrorist >activity. > >When asking for Afghan women's opinion on whether there should be negotiations >with the Taliban and foreign troop withdrawal, Wazhma Frogh, a leading women's >activist and an executive board member of the Afghan Women's Network, told me >that among Afghan women there is no clear consensus. But there is a common >call for ending all forms of violence. > >Wazhma says it doesn't matter to a mother whether an international air >operation or a suicide bomber killed her child. The pain of loss is the same >and she must endure her suffering under cover and in silence. > >British Army General James Bucknall, second in command of the International >Security Assistance Force - the NATO-led security mission that has been in >Afghanistan since 2001 - says "now is not the time to blink." Major General >Phillp Jones, the British director of International Security Assistance >Force's Force Reintegration Cell, believes that the sight of bin Laden's >picture - as a hunched, forlorn figure instead of a charismatic leader - will >weaken his following and that now is the time to capitalize on this. Many >foot-soldiers may turn away from al-Qaida and the Taliban, which could have a >positive impact for reintegration. > >Unless the perpetrators of cruelty and inhumane actions - whether they are >Taliban or criminal warlords - are stopped, the misery for women will >undoubtedly continue. If the military chiefs' advice is taken - to keep troops >in there to press the advantage - then there is a chance they will achieve >true security for all Afghans. > >By arrangement with Women's eNews. Jeanne Bryer, a British freelancer, has >specialized in Afghaistan for more than a decade. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
