Women Still Lacking in Basic Rights in Afghanistan

Women experience a life of hardship in Afghanistan. They are faced with strife in the home, sent off in arranged marriages at a young age, barred from going to schools, denied proper medical treatment, and faced with discriminatory practices throughout Afghan society. With the fall of the Taliban the plight of women in Afghanistan improved significantly; however, with the withdrawal of NATO forces and diminished influence of Western nations there is a fear that the success of women in Afghanistan will quickly backslide. Read more in "The plight of the Afghan woman" by Nelofar Farhang on Varsity.co.uk dated February 25, 2013.