Severian
6th October 2003, 17:46
Article about Amnesty International report (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/story.jsp?story=450362)
Afghan women are still the victims of widespread abuses, including forced marriage, rape and abduction, two years after the American-led invasion that threw out the repressive Taliban regime, according to Amnesty International.
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Before the assault, the international community - especially politicians from the US-led alliance- made assurances that toppling the Taliban would help Afghan women realise their rights. The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, declared the restoration of women's rights would "not be negotiable".
However, the international community has failed to deliver on its promises so far, Amnesty's 48-page report concludes. Along with Afghanistan's US-backed transitional government, headed by Hamid Karzai, the international community has "proved unable to protect women".
"In certain instances, international intervention is perpetuating and condoning gender discrimination," says the report,
Speaks for itself, I think.
Afghan women are still the victims of widespread abuses, including forced marriage, rape and abduction, two years after the American-led invasion that threw out the repressive Taliban regime, according to Amnesty International.
....
Before the assault, the international community - especially politicians from the US-led alliance- made assurances that toppling the Taliban would help Afghan women realise their rights. The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, declared the restoration of women's rights would "not be negotiable".
However, the international community has failed to deliver on its promises so far, Amnesty's 48-page report concludes. Along with Afghanistan's US-backed transitional government, headed by Hamid Karzai, the international community has "proved unable to protect women".
"In certain instances, international intervention is perpetuating and condoning gender discrimination," says the report,
Speaks for itself, I think.