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The taliban s governing style has increased international isolation putting at risk of billions of aid that acts as a lifeline for this country. a strict interpretation of islam is guiding live under taliban control making it impossible for a separation between mosque and state. right now in afghanistan, listening to music is outlawed. women must be covered while in public and teenage girls are banned from participating in secondary education. the taliban says this is freedom. women cannot go out in public alone at night. they can t serve in senior government roles. they have to be covered when they go into the streets of kabul. how can you describe this as free? the laws of the country regulate how people conduct themselves when in the public. that does not in any shape, way or form mean that someone is ....
Something asking something from the sky, this is basic rights, we need to pressure them and hold them accountable. it s not just a basic right. it is also economic sense. you can t discount half of your population from any kind of fruitful future within your country, can you? the brightest, the most affluent girls, in afghanistan, it seems to me that the obvious thing that they would do would be to leave. what impact would that have on the country if they re able to? it s already happened. the brain drain happened in afghanistan, from august 15 to now, every educated family left the country because of the taliban brutality. because they can t find a job. because of the violence. because of the misbehavior from the taliban. because of what is happening every single day. and unfortunately, women cannot ....
Education and took positions representing their government. that is not a future that women and afghanistan can look forward to under a taliban rule. the taliban is saying that the measures in place now that women cannot go back to school or go into the workplace or temporarily until they get the security environment more in place, that was set in 1996 and obviously that was permanent until the u.s. invasion in 2001. so what we really have to what we have to look forward to here, martha, what can this administration do beyond rhetoric to protect the rights of women and young girls in afghanistan. the problem i think fundamentally, martha, is i don t think this administration understands the difference between military might, action, whatever it may be and rhetoric. they think supportive statements and tweets and saying we will fight for afghan women and holding up signs saying they ll fight for afghan women, they think that is the same as hard measures and tactics. we know it s just ....
Have amnesty, that s impossible. and have amnesty, that s impossible. and are ou have amnesty, that s impossible. and are you already hearing stories out of the country about life changing already? perhaps forwomen, of the country about life changing already? perhaps for women, but already? perhaps forwomen, but other minority groups? are they behaving differently? are things changing already? behaving differently? are things chanauin alread ? , ., ., , changing already? yes, for example, a taliban spokesperson. changing already? yes, for example, a taliban spokesperson. i - changing already? yes, for example, a taliban spokesperson. i studied l a taliban spokesperson. i studied charlie a law, sharia law. women cannot be activists, politician, singers, musicians, reporters, journalistic. basically, according to this law, women s don t have any right. for ....
Hundred twenty s. women cannot show cleavage women cannot have sleeveless tops women should not wear anything. which a gracious by the way we should specify the basis for women in public service men women on the list public service if you walk in the national hospitals any any public service then this is for you so it was one of the real question is why you know because for me just like what women should dress like this the men don t like this women don t rape you men don t harass they don t talk to men like this of this is the logical the logical the kind of then. i mean i think it s ok i think i want to go back to the point that lindsey was making that this sort of sexism is not only social cultural but it s also systemic it exists in law it exists in organizations how do you react to that i mean you can argue with that my point is simple is that i think if you have a chip on your shoulder and you think that the world is out to get you you re going ....