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The "ten-dollar Talib" and Women's Rights
Rachel Reid
Human Rights Watch (Organization)
其他書名
Afghan Women and the Risks of Reintegration and Reconciliation
出版
Human Rights Watch
, 2010
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LJ5fYgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Threatening phone calls and letters left in the night warning women to stop work or be killed. Girls' schools and their teachers and students targeted for attack. Assassinations of women politicians and activists. These are some of the realities of life for women and girls in Afghanistan in areas where the Taliban and other insurgent groups are strong. In interviews with Human Rights Watch, Afghan women from four conflict-affected provinces, as well as key women leaders, expressed their perspectives on the ongoing conflict, its resolution, and the implications for women's human rights. All of those we interviewed want peace, but many fear that women may pay a heavy price if hasty deals are struck. As plans progress to reintegrate opposition fighters and negotiate and eventually reconcile with insurgent groups, these concerns intensify. Some policy makers are beginning to recast the Taliban and other groups as primarily 'ten-dollar Talibs'--people motivated by money rather than ideology. This report shows that regardless of what motivates individual fighters, in many Taliban-controlled areas the abuses against women and girls are widespread and often severe. The 'Ten-Dollar Talib' and Women's Rights assesses recent experiences and developments affecting women in Afghanistan and makes recommendations to help ensure that women's rights are respected during any reintegration and reconciliation process. The rights of women to work, to get an education, and to engage in political life should be explicitly safeguarded. Mechanisms can be put in place so that those with a history of serious abuses against women and girls can be excluded from power. And women leaders must be fully involved in the decision-making processes since they are themselves the best guarantors of their rights."
