On Intl Women’s Day, Afghan Women Demand Rights

On International Women’s Day, some women in the country called on the Islamic Emirate to ensure their rights fully.

They said that the lack of the right to work and education poses serious challenges for women and girls in the country.

22 year-old Wajiha said that going to school and university for girls, and also women having the right to work, has become a dream for her.

“It is International Women’s Day, and we urge the Islamic Emirate to remove restrictions on women and allow them to study, learn, and work,” she said.

Some women in the capital, in separate programs marking the occasion, asked the Islamic Emirate for meaningful participation and involvement in society.

“As half of the society, with a significant number of women and journalists representing this half today — each working in a media outlet is the voice of a woman whose voice is not heard from the farthest corners of Afghanistan,” said Shabnam, a journalist.

“Women who are present inside Afghanistan, you are not ordinary women, and congratulations on this day for you are different than congratulations in other countries,” said Fazila, a women’s rights activist.

Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate said on that the caretaker government is committed to ensuring full rights for women and efforts are being made to do more in areas where there is ambiguity for women.

“Efforts to create jobs and business opportunities for our sisters and to enhance their capacity in certain sectors continue, and the Islamic Emirate is committed to ensure the rights of women in the framework of Islamic Sharia,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.

Earlier, the leader of the Islamic Emirate emphasized the observance of some women’s rights within the framework of Islamic laws in a six-point decree.

International Women’s Day was first held in Germany in 1914 and has been celebrated annually worldwide since then.