Joined by War: Women's Rights in Today's Afghanistan
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-05-04/joined-war-womens-rights-todays-afghanistan
Afghanistan dominates U.S. policy, but rarely do American citizens get to speak directly to Afghans. In partnership with America Abroad and Killid Radio Afghanistan, Kojo hosts a special broadcast in which students, activists, government officials, and ordinary citizens discuss the status of women in Afghanistan today, and what role the international community should play going forward.
Guests
Akmal Dawi
Editor for the English language Killid Magazine.
Anita McBride
US-Afghan Women's Council; Executive-in-Residence at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University's School of Public Affairs; Senior Advisor to the George W. Bush Foundation; former Chief of Staff to Mrs. Laura Bush.
Michelle Barsa
Lead Advocate on Afghanistan, Institute for Inclusive Security.
Sima Samar
Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission; United Nations Special Reporter on human rights in Sudan
Safia Sidiqi
Women's rights activist; former Afghan parliament member; former Secretary and Assistant of Afghanistan Constitutional Loya Jirga.
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I was shocked at how little empathy the US based women seem to show to their sisters in Afghanistan.
Where is the passion? Where is the outrage at the conditions these women confront on a daily basis?
I was especially disappointed by the Gov Talking Heads who were vague and, with the exception of the comment about Hillary Clinton, apparently not committed to further the governments involvement with support of the women's rights in the country that we have bombed and relentlessly pursued for a decade.
On the other hand, why am I surprised. If the question were about how the affuent women in America could assist the many women and children in poverty in the US I would expect the same distancing.
Agreed. Afghan women and children in urban areas were suffering under unimaginable conditions and we, along with the rest of the world just turned our backs and closed our eyes. It was one of the reasons given for staying in Afghanistan, but when our chosen leader reintroduced some of the same repressive laws as when the Taliban ruled, we once again looked away.