Women’s Rights in the Middle East By: Sara Caliskan Afghanistan Egypt

Chained to life Women in Afghanistan wear a burqa head to toe Women must be accompanied by a man Beaten due to showing ankles or having noisy shoes They are not allowed to speak in public Women’s homes windows have to be painted over Women have male children beg for the family

Whipped to Tears Women eat grass, suffer from skin disease and die from starvation Taliban break own rules Taliban sends own daughters to schools in other countries Taliban took control of most of Afghanistan But the Taliban forbids drug use Taliban beating woman

No Freedom Taliban rule-All women were stripped of all human rights Women are beaten, flogged and killed Taliban banished women from work forces and closed schools Taliban are composed of young men and boys who have hardly lived in Afghan Taliban members are raised in refugee camps and trained in ultraconservative schools

Trapped Forever Women are considered property of males Women can be exchanged, bought and sold Honor killings are used for a wide range of offenses Most marriages are arranged by fathers People of rape are weak/vulnerable Violence against women is being fought as human rights

Lost All Hope Three women every day are victims of honor killings But women now have the right to inheritance, vote, work and the right to chose own male for marriage Since Taliban has fell women don’t have to wear the burqa anymore and some have good positions in the government Still women are forced into marriages and little girls are poisoned to death for wanting to go to school 30% of girls in Afghanistan have an education

Chances Never Taken 44=Average life expectancy for women in Afghanistan 70-80% of Afghan women are forced into marriages An afghan women dies every 30 minutes during childbirth 8:00 pm is the curfew All men must grow beards Taliban considers itself a religious army

Prayers Needed to Say Health=non-existent for women If widows don’t have male children, they sit in dark houses and pray Afghanistan produces the drug opium The Taliban collects 20% tax from opium farmers Opium plants

Seems as if an Honor to Support Honor Killings Women are the vessels of the family Reports of honor killings in many countries Females in the family support the attacks Nothing that permits honor killing Countries who don’t see domestic violence, raise their penal codes up to standards Penal Codes Definition: A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.

Egypt-Serving the Wealthy Women can buy, sell and inherit land They can begin legal proceedings on own rights, act as witnesses, plaintiffs or defendants Can draft civil contracts-marriage, divorce and purchasing property Entitled to 1/3 of the property after husbands death Peasant women worked as servants for the wealthy

Fighting for What’s Right It’s possible to raise up as high as a priestess Female rights included divorce and remarriage Pregnancy was very important Women known for special care to appearance and beauty

Fight for Hope Women had to ignore men who weren’t in family Had to wear veil in public After marriage men make all decisions Not giving birth to a son was almost bad Need at least 2 sons A bad reputation for a women was bad for her whole family A veil.

Are you Ready? No. Women have to be on best behavior Women have chores at home and need to take care of children Gender separation at schools and work Some schools take girls out of school when they reach puberty A school in Egypt.

I Wasn’t Prepared for This. Women can only have 1 husband at a time, men can have up to 4 Wife can get custody of sons under 10 and daughters under 12 Women lose their right to divorce if her husband marries a 2nd wife Husband can dispose of property without wife’s permission Wife “owns property” husband uses it

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