Women+and+Religion

Women were treated very badly by the Taliban. The Taliban treated them worse than animals. They said their only purpose was to produce children, satisfy male sexual needs, and keep up with the housework. Women could not work outside the home, they could not do any activities outside the home unless the men told them to. They also could not be treated by male doctors, they could not study at any type of schools, they could not laugh or talk loudly, and they could not wear cosmetics. Women were stoned because they were accused of sexual relations outside of marriage, they were whipped for non-cover ankles or not wearing the required clothing. Women couldn't be on TV, movies, radio, newspaper, or magazines, and they could not look at any of these. Women were banned from doing just about everything and their life was watched every second of the day.
 * __Women under the Taliban Ruling__**

The majority of Afghans follow the Islamic culture. Islamic culture said, Men and women be equal before God, and gave them various rights such the right to inheritance, the right to vote, the right to work, and even choose their own partners in marriage. For many years now in Afghanistan, women are not givien the same rights either by official government or by their own husbands, fathers, and brothers. During the rule of the Taliban, women were treated worse than in any other time or by any other society. They were forbidden to work, leave the house without a male escort, not allowed to seek medical help from a male doctor, and forced to cover themselves from head to toe, even covering their eyes. Women were forced to be beggars and prostitutes in order to feed their families. Women were treated as though they were much differently than men only because of their gender and the religion that the Afghans follow.
 * __Women's Rights__**

Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during childbirth. The percent of Afghan women that are illiterate is 87. 30 percent of girls have access to education in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan 1 in every 3 women experience physical, psychological or sexual violence. The average life expectancy rate for women in Afghanistan is 44 years old. 70 to 80 percent of women face forced marriages in Afghanistan. Women were treated like property to men and not humans. [|The Plight of the Afghan Women.]
 * __Statistics__**