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Afghan women banned from parks

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ArabellaScott · 30/11/2022 12:12

It's always depressing starting these threads, because there seems to be little to nothing that anyone in the UK can do about the situation.

But in the spirit of bearing witness:

'Women are banned from visiting parks in Kabul by the hardline ruling Taliban.
... Women were also recently barred from swimming pools and gyms in the capital.'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-63756621

One heartening note is this women's library:

'Activist Laila Basim has co-founded a library for women. It has thousands of books in different languages on diverse subjects.

"With this we want to show the Taliban that Afghan women won't stay silent and our second goal is to expand the culture of reading books among women, particularly those girls who are deprived of education," she says.'

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Boiledbeetle · 30/11/2022 12:25

Those poor women.

No not forgotten, but as an individual I feel powerless to do much but bear witness to their plight and hope for a better future for the women. Do

For the men that go along with or impose these rules I hope for things that would get me banned if I wrote them here.

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ArabellaScott · 30/11/2022 12:17

This might be a good enough reason to voice support:

'"The world has turned its back on us," Laila Basim says. "Powerful people all over the world are supporting the women of Iran, but not those of Afghanistan.

"What happens to us doesn't even make front page news. We feel broken and forgotten."'

Not forgotten, Laila Basim. Flowers

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ArabellaScott · 30/11/2022 12:14

More on the women's library:

switzerlandtimes.ch/world/afghan-women-open-library-in-kabul/

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