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“Afghanistan comes bottom of 156 countries when it comes to what economic opportunity is open for women against men” (globalcitizen).

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“The humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan that was prompted by the sharp cut off of most foreign aid after the Taliban take over in August 2021” (securitypraxis).

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“The first two women senators were appointed in 1965. And from 1966-1971, fourteen women were appointed as judges to courts of Islamic jurisprudence” (cw4wafghan.ca).

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“Over the last 2 years, the Taliban has issued 80 edicts, 54 of these directly target women and girls” (Un.women)

The Taliban, has affected many lives over the course of their reign. Thousands of women have lost their income, family, and frankly their entire lives. Though the Taliban states these restrictions are temporarily put in place, many women, children and just afghans in general believe this to be untrue and fear for the future.

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“In 2023 Afghanistan remains the only country where teenage girls do not have access to education, employment and freedom of movement” (securitypraxis).

The author Ferensnta Abbasi brings light to the situation in Afghanistan and their rate with the rest of the world. Afghanistan is one of the only countries that still limits freedoms, but Afghanistan remains the only to limit to such extreme extent. Imagine living in a country where there is nothing you can do but obey, these women have no choice but to.

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“In 2004, a new constitution enshrined gender equality and reserved 27% of seats in parliament for women”(un.women).

This was a huge step forward in women’s rights and equality for women in Afghanistan, this shows that through all of their hard work there’s a good outcome after all. This gave thousands of women feel like their voices might be heard.

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Women’s rights in Afghanistan shown in a diagram to add dramatic contrast of what is to come (un.women).

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This graph puts into perspective what the women in Afghanistan have went through before and after COVID. If the Taliban continues at the rate they have been the women will be nothing but a body in a guarded prison, the crime? Simply being a women.

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Women’s rights being rolled back in Afghanistan - BBC News

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BBC talks about the issues relating to women in Afghanistan while interviewing women living in this situation, Fatima an artist and Amina a past worker in intelligence services. Both women fear for what is come. The Taliban has erased 20 years of rights in a few years and along with that the people are starving. Women are selling their children to survive and get food.

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Women’s rights being rolled back in Afghanistan - BBC News

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“Women in Afghanistan are out numbered 5 to 1 by men in sectors that require higher skills” (globalcitizen).

When women are allowed to maintain their job to provide for their family, they are put at a disadvantage already just because they are not educated but now they are not able to keep the jobs they once had. In this source they explain the difference between men and women in Afghanistan in education relating to income as well.

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“The Taliban ruled no women should leave her house unless escorted by a male relative, but for thousands of war widows they had no more relatives”(Jones 15).

Not only was women’s freedom of movement limited, their food supply was along with other afghans. This led to desperate measures and mother sometimes had no other choice but to sell their daughter to be wedded. But as long as they are fed, right?

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Women in Afghanistan in the 1970’s and Women in Afghanistan now (the citizen).

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Shown in this picture is a drastic change in simple civil rights for women in Afghanistan like freedom of expression thru clothing or literally at all. Women have had their rights stripped from them including their right to literacy education has been almost completely taken from women in Afghanistan. Now women have to wear what you can see in this picture.

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“In 1919 women in Afghanistan were granted the right to vote. In 1920 the first school for girls opened their doors. In the 1970’s, the Afghan government raised the age for marriage from 18-21” (Medicamondiale).

Women in Afghanistan fought for the rights the were granted and out of that Afghan women were free. They were able to run for office if they pleased and vote for who they want, and they could make the right choice because they were well educated.

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Afghanistan's Golden Age: The Land Where Women's Rights Were At Par With Western Nations | NewsMo

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This video takes a different approach, it shows via a slideshow form of the rights women 50 years ago received. They fought hard and were at the same rate as the western countries. They fought for the right to vote and be appointed to parliament,  free and open education, and they always had the freedom of movement. After their long fight in 1980 it all came to a halt.

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Afghanistan's Golden Age: The Land Where Women's Rights Were At Par With Western Nations | NewsMo

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The freedoms women in the 1970’s had, like freedom of wearing what they choose (us.news).

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Throughout history the women in Afghanistan fought long and hard for the rights they received like freedom of expression. The strong women in this picture were apart of the success, they’re wearing clothes that they are comfortable in because they received those rights along with the right to be educated and to vote.

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People who are in the Taliban, and stand with the government(aljezeera)

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Depicted in this picture is men, who continually fight against the freedoms and rights of women in their own country. The Taliban has proven to be a threat to women in Afghanistan because they are continually taking the women’s rights with no regard for the future of their country.

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A women walking along words and rights that used to be true (Medicamondiale).

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“One discusses the extent to which a woman should exercise her right to pray and the heavenly rewards likely to come her way. Some advances the view that the prophet permits women to be educated but others take this issue. Another promises that women will receive their rights ‘in the next life’”(Jones 116).

This quote is heavy, it explains the importance of making a difference now and not later. Believing in God and praying to a heavenly figure should not decide whether or not you are given the right to be educated. Believing that in the “next life” women should receive their rights, but it seems too late. So why not now?

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Basic human rights are something we expect in America but what about in other countries? Women in Afghanistan don’t have the privilege to be free. This project will answer this question, how has women’s rights in Afghanistan changed throughout the years? Women’s rights has been a constant struggle in Afghanistan and the downfall started around 1980 when the Taliban took over.

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“By the end of the Talibans first rule in 2001, less than 1 million Afghan children were in school, and none of them were girls” (un.women).

So not only has the Taliban targeted female students they have now restricted access to education for all Afghan children. The Taliban has proven they are not capable of maintaining Afghanistans government and have no concern for the future of their people. The Taliban is against their own people and continue to ban education.

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“In 1923, women were legally granted freedom of choice in marriage. Prior to this, women were to marry by their first menstrual period” (cw4wafghan.ca)

Women being given the choice to be wed or not was a step in the right direction. Women are still given the choice to be married or not which is one of the few freedoms they have been able to keep. Young women having a choice is a fundamental right of choice.

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Women in Afghanistan since the takeover of the Taliban have been continuously loosing their freedoms and power to make choices. The Afghan women have the strength and will to fight and have been fighting for their freedoms. Men in Afghanistan are ahead of women in many ways in this country, women are no longer able to be educated, able to vote, able to move, and they don’t have freedoms to dress how they choose. This project was to bring awareness to the heart wrenching situation in Afghanistan, and to answer the question how has women’s rights change throughout the years?