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the_uto_aztecan t1_j72q0rc wrote

This is Florida type of suppression.
Desantis is taking notes.

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Zozorrr t1_j76hote wrote

Yea thanks for making it about America. Because that’s the important point of this article. How bad American teenagers will have it if the Republicans get in.

And it’s “Florida type suppression”. That’s the correct description of Taliban behavior we should be using - the Taliban learned this from Florida.

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skankenstein t1_j747665 wrote

I work primarily with Afghan children ages 6-12, teaching them to read. There is not one way to summarize them. They entered the country within months of each other yet their reading abilities vary.

Many of the girls have never been in school before. Some girls are more advanced than the others, and I’ve noticed they have older siblings or parents who already had English skills. The boys skills are more advanced than the girls; and many indicate they had English instruction in Afghanistan. There are a few parents who have indicated they do not worry about their girls’ education but that seems to vary family to family.

None are literate in their home language.

I feel very privileged to be able to help them adapt to their new country, even if they’re here temporarily. Many indicate the desire to return home one day.

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_dead_and_broken t1_j777r0i wrote

>None are literate in their home language.

Not even the boys?? Or was the statement regarding just the girls?

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skankenstein t1_j783x6o wrote

Few are, but I’m working with small children who have had their young lives in upheaval, who came when they were as young as five. Lots of trauma and loss and disruption, in the mix.

Their parents have reported a range of schooling that was accessible to their boys as well. Some of the schools still use severe corporal punishment and parents had to pay for private school to avoid abuse. Not all could afford.

The Dari and Farsi speakers are more literate and faster at picking up language which is likely w socio economic advantage over the Pashto speakers.

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_dead_and_broken t1_j7845nf wrote

Ah, okay, thank you for explaining. I kind of figured that it was perhaps because they were super young and things are so tumultuous. Mostly I just wanted to be sure I read it right, that you meant both boys and girls and not just the girls.

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skankenstein t1_j784egn wrote

One of my little girls is so bright, she is more advanced than her English only counterparts. I hope she knows she is going places.

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hellofriends2018 t1_j74883b wrote

Watching him on television almost brought me to tears. He knew his time was limited to be the voice of so many people in Afghanistan, and yet he continued despite the inevitable danger.

This man is a hero, and no matter what happens to him, we need to say his name millions of times more than the apocryphal clerics and Taliban could ever silence.

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kstinfo t1_j72zpca wrote

I'm thinking the crux of a solution to the myriad restrictions being imposed around the globe is freedom to leave. Afghanistan will cease to function if its women simply leave the country. The same with Iran. The same with Syria.

This not merely a 'shower' thought. It is also not reflective of any anti-Muslim animosity.

The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights is about basic human rights -- rights that all people have just because they are human. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948.

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

It's lovely - but it has no teeth, no mechanisms to make it work. That should change.

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Kimeako t1_j748foq wrote

Moving to and surviving in a new country that doesn't speak your language is very difficult. Even more for single women who are usually exploited by the places they immigrate to. Alot need family support

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kstinfo t1_j749nyl wrote

Host families. We do it for students.

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_ManMadeGod_ t1_j74u8cu wrote

I have to infer that the number of people trying to escape countries such as Afghanistan heavily outnumber host families.

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kstinfo t1_j75gyyc wrote

In answer to your comment and the one below. History is replete with episodes of large numbers of persons leaving their native lands for better opportunities. In most cases communities in the new land helped their brethren get a start - Jews, Irish, Italians, Poles, etc.

This is from the NY state website:

There are approximately 7,500 Afghans now living in New York State, but that figure is expected to grow significantly as humanitarian evacuees, Special Immigrant Visa recipients and refugees arrive.

To the comment below - I don't expect women in, say Iran, have bank accounts. They're not allowed to work. In the instances cited above migrants arrived in the US with not much more than what was on their backs.

Aside: The Washington Post claims the Irish-American population is seven times greater than Ireland.

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MaterialActive t1_j74tm54 wrote

The problem is that a negative right of a "freedom to leave", even if implemented, does nothing to solve the problem. In a repressive society, where are women going to get the money for a plane ticket out, or whatever other means they will use to leave? Moreover, such societies are likely to become more, not less, wiling to allow bank accounts to women if a negative freedom to leave was somehow enforced. After all, if financial freedom means leaving, then it becomes impossible for the state to survive it.

Unless we're also buying people the tickets out, I don't see how this helps. (If we are buying people the tickets out, I think it would help, although the creation and implementation of such a positive right would be fundamentally a new thing in an IR context.)

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Jessica65Perth t1_j7635m0 wrote

Taliban will not care, they hate to see a womans face and love to see aman with a beard

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Zozorrr t1_j76hjc4 wrote

A lot of MENA countries did not sign on to the Declaration

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C-H-U-D t1_j736rep wrote

Remember when the Rightwing was sharing all these horror stories of the poor Afghan people as a political smear on Dem President Biden and his rushed withdrawal?

They failed to mention that Trump already withdrew US troops from the outer provinces and the fact that they don’t actually give a fuck about Afghans.

I hear no outrage for these sorts of articles anymore.

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Rikey_Doodle t1_j73s5js wrote

It's because they were never outraged, they just thought it would be politically advantageous to fixate on it.

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Competitive-Pop6530 t1_j752qpk wrote

DeSantis bans girls from attending classes during menstruation.

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Zozorrr t1_j76i4p9 wrote

Just like living in Afghanistan. Thanks for your self-involved American-centric blinkers making an article about women’s rights in Afghanistan about FL politics.

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