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Afghan Men Wear Burqas to support Women’s Rights

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Post by veya_victaous Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:27 am

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/afghan-men-wear-burqas-in-name-of-womens-rights#.lawW5094el

Local media said the group were mostly young men who met at the Human Rights Commission, hoping to help people “understand the situation of women in our country.”
One of the best ways to understand how women feel is to walk around and wear a burqa,” one said.
The men marched the same day Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised to protect and promote women’s rights.

We are committed to our commitments and we have the power to implement them,” Ghani said in a speech Thursday marking International Women’s Day. “We are committed in protecting the achievements made during President Hamid Karzai’s time. Our main commitment is to create stable and long-term conditions for women.”

Activists consider advancement for women’s rights under Karzai, who led Afghanistan for nearly a decade in the wake of the American invasion, mixed. And Afghanistan’s parliament has floated several bills that would undermine women’s rights, from an update to the penal code that essentially made prosecuting domestic violence impossible (and which was rewritten at Karzai’s demand) to stoning as punishment for adultery.

Several activists told Reuters the burqa felt “like a prison.” But not everyone supported the protest. “We don’t need anyone to defend our rights,” said 16-year-old Medina Ali. “They’re trying to make those of us who cover our faces feel bad.”

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Post by Irn Bru Fri Mar 06, 2015 12:33 am

Well done to them but I really don't remember reading very much about improving Women's right under Karzai.

Unlike Karzai let's hope that the new guy delivers on his commitments.
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Post by Guest Fri Mar 06, 2015 11:27 am

Really great to hear, as Irn says, let's hope the new man is different.

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Post by Original Quill Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:30 pm

A number of men in San Francisco are wearing women's underwear...I think they are supporting women's rights, I guess.

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