Women's Rights In Afghanistan Research Paper

Women’s rights in Afghanistan continue to follow an unpredictable path, which raises women’s hopes for a better life and more opportunities, and then bitterly extinguishes them. When the brutal Taliban fell, and their unfair rules and regulations came to a holt, a new beginning for women flourished through almost every crack and cranny of the country. “I remember the mounting enthusiasm for women’s rights...It was a bright and hopeful time. The issue of women’s rights was still fresh, not only in Kabul but throughout the country…”(Women’s Rights). The abolition of the Taliban sparked several flurries of hope for a new, better life. This fact grew even more evident when women were actually given the ability to participate in the government.