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No Second Class Citizens
Throughout the history of humanity, women have been treated as second-class citizens. We have been seen as minorities, despite representing 50% of the world's population, and when it comes to leadership, we have consistently been underrepresented. This situation leads to our needs being sidelined. That is why, in this podcast, I want to place women where we rightfully belong: as first-class citizens.
A lo largo de la historia de la humanidad las mujeres hemos sido tratadas como ciudadanas de segunda categoría, hemos sido miradas como minorías cuando representamos el 50% de la población mundial y en términos de liderazgo constantemente hemos estado subrepresentadas, lo cual hace que nuestras necesidades también pasen a segundo plano. Es por eso que en este podcast, quiero poner a las mujeres en el lugar que nos corresponde, como ciudadanos de primera.
No Second Class Citizens
Afghan women's situation: no right to education - Conversation with Roman and Maureen
The right to education is a universal human right, but in Afghanistan the Taliban does not have any interest in making this a reality for women. In December 2022 it has suspended university education for all female students, and before that, in March, girls were barred from returning to secondary school.
Since the Taliban seized power for a second time in August 2021, the situation for the women of Afghanistan has become unbearable. Women can no longer work in most sectors, they require a male guardian for long-distance travel and have been ordered to cover their faces in public. They have also been banned from parks and gyms, from working in national and international NGOs, and some people even think that the next step of the Taliban could be banning girls from primary education.
And given the importance of this topic, in this special episode I have interviewed an Afghan man in order to know what the majority of Afghan people think about the women's situation. And why a man, and not a woman as I usually do in this podcast? The reason is we all know what women in Afghanistan think about this, as they are the most affected ones. We have also heard from the Taliban, but we have not heard from the regular Afghan men. Do they support these terrible measures on women?
In this episode you will hear from Roman -my first male guest on the show- about the Taliban, who are these people and the context in which it was created. You will also know what the majority of people think about Taliban and its rules on women. Roman also gives us some hope as he believes the international community can play an important role in reversing the Taliban decisions. And most importantly, Roman and Maureen from the Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan (SAWA) - Australia, will tell us about ways we can support the women and girls of Afghanistan.
I hope you enjoy this special episode and please share if you like it.
*About Roman's personal program of helping 1 million people by donating 10% of his business revenue, if you wants to contribute to his cause you can contact him on roman.saliani@outlook.com
*About SAWA >>> https://sawa-australia.org/
*Other official charities to help Afghan women:
https://womenforafghanwomen.org/
https://www.womenforwomen.org/where-we-work/afghanistan