RASC News Agency: Samira Hamidi, an activist with the International Amnesty organization, asserted in her recent statements that the two and a half years of “courage” demonstrated by Afghanistani women and girls should be acknowledged as integral to the history of the global women’s movement.
Hamidi brought up this issue on Thursday, Mar 7, in a post on the social media platform X, emphasizing that Afghanistani women and girls are courageously resisting Taliban oppression both within and outside Afghanistan. As a member of the International Amnesty organization, Hamidi further stressed that depicting Afghanistani women as “helpless victims in need of protection” is contrary to reality.
These statements coincide with Friday, Mar 8, observed as International Women’s Day, even as the Taliban have deprived Afghanistani women of their most basic rights. In Afghanistan, women have endured severe oppression and violence at the hands of the Taliban, who have denied them access to fundamental rights.
The Taliban have prohibited women and girls from pursuing education beyond the sixth grade, and they have imposed extensive limitations on their employment, mobility, and travel, resulting in decreased female involvement in society.
Additionally, Afghanistani women have occasionally staged protests against Taliban policies in both public and private spaces, prompting the Taliban to respond by arresting and subjecting some of them to torture.
