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Anthropologist discusses rise in status of women in Afghanistan
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2003
In the two years since the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the fall of the Taliban, the political and cultural position of Afghan women has improved, said Micheline Centlivres-Demont, a professor of anthropology at the University of ...
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The role of women in Afghan culture should be considered not in the recent times (2001- to present) to understand the Afghan culture and women’s role in the region. On the contrary, looking in to pre-cold war era with regards to Afghan culture has had a dreadful consequence on the lives of Afghans in particularly in the lives of afghan women. Even though it is true that the role of an afghan women has been staggering in the patriarchal system which has been constructed for the last 1400 years, it is important to reflect on the differences of pre and post cold war which is very different in every aspect. It is also vital in understanding the cultural element , which is quite the opposite to today’s problems in Afghanistan, which has been caused by 30 years of war, poverty and struggle to survive that has led the role of afghan women to “semi-slave”. This role for Afghan women is very new, as the history of the country confirms that no matter how difficult moments in time, women have never been treated to this serious measures as the present. The paradox of the situation is that now we have the US administration reinforcement with “democracy” which is suppose to help Afghan women.
it is such an unfortunate case that women in afghanistan have to suffer male oppressions even when the US prisedint stated that situations have altered when nothing has realy changed.