THE DEMISE OF FEMINISM IN AFGHANISTAN: NATION, CULTURE, AND MEDIA

Abstract

The recent takeover of the Taliban over Afghanistan has resulted in a global crisis. There are claims that the takeover will take the country over 200 years back in time. From what I have learned, there is an enormous threat to women and even young girls. Enforcing sexual slavery upon them by forcefully marrying them, many young girls are below 14. The US Military forces fled the country, taking away the hopes of the country. The voices of the citizens are unheard and somewhat muted by fear. The idea of orientalism fits in here by the suppressed stereotyped vision of the east. The US gave up on Afghanistan, making them suffer at the hands of this terror group. In the times of feminism, women face oppression; not just that, now the whole country will fall. Women will be highly affected by this takeover as they are always the soft targets of such tragedies. Women were suppressed, and their voices were cut off. The women from wealthy families have already fled the country, but what about the ordinary women? Who will take responsibility for their safety? They are unsafe, and their families can't protect them. The solution is still under process but is hugely related to the bigger picture here, i.e., the takeover by the Taliban. I want to research the different possibilities for the young women of Afghanistan whose lives are in danger. The first step, of course, is to save lives, and the next is to empower these women to have a better future.