Along with Afghan women
They must be supported in defense of their rights and freedoms.
"Never forget that a political crisis will suffice, economic or religious so that women's rights are again questioned. These rights are never taken for granted, you must remain vigilant all your life " (Simone de Beauvoir). It is urgent to stand alongside Afghan women.
Imperialism on the run, taliban in power
Middle East Asia is in the news. President Ashraf Ghani fled and the Army withdrew. Worshipers of the US war. NATO and some imperialist powers leave the country. And the Taliban took over the government and raised the flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. There is fear that they will repeat the brutal authoritarianism they established in Afghanistan between 1996 Y 2001.
The "Kingdom of Terror"
During their theocratic rule the Taliban violated human rights, relying on his own extreme interpretation of sharia applied to all walks of life. Especially against women who endured de facto house arrest. They were forbidden to work, to study, associate with men other than her husband or father and be seen in public without a full burqa. Women could not be checked by male doctors, wear painted nails, nor entertain with music, television, soccer or mixed gatherings outside the family.
Freedoms for more conquests
Nowadays 3,5 million girls go to school, more than 25 % of the members of Parliament are women, as well as almost the 30 % of those employed in public administration institutions. Economic independence was also a conquest, for 2019, since more than 1.000 women in Afghanistan had their own business.
These conquests, still partial, they must not back down, This is how thousands of women who bravely mobilize in Kabul raise it, Risking his life, "They would rather die fighting than live under the Taliban regime". Worldwide, aggressions must have an answer. Our place is with Afghan women.
Call for solidarity
In the meantime, there are men who cover windows with photographs of women with paint, with wedding dresses "Westerners" and the face uncovered. These days a obra de Boushra Almutawakel representing the fear of many Afghan women of the Taliban regime. The broadest international solidarity is urgent to denounce what is happening and demand that the governments of the Spanish State and the European Union grant asylum to people who leave Afghanistan. For the democratic and social rights of workers, the town and, especially, women and children.
