Oppression Of Women Essay

The oppression of women has been a problem in the Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries for many years, especially since the Taliban rule in 1996 and the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The women of Afghanistan face this oppression on a daily basis. Women in Afghanistan, facing oppression for many different reasons, are often mistreated due to their religion, education and family status. It is because of this oppression that women have not been able to put into action anti-oppression movements and changes. Why is this so hard for the women of Afghanistan? Many different authors have chosen to look more closely at the oppression and have even had first hand experiences with these women, getting to talk and meet those that are behind the face of oppression in Afghanistan. Women in Afghanistan face the levels of maltreatment that would shock the western world, while also having severely limited ways to speak for themselves. In a survey conducted by Human Rights Watch, fifty eight women in a prison in Afghanistan were interviewed and the survey found that half of these …show more content…
One of the most common forms of sharing their experiences is through poems called Landays, spoken poems that can be used to show people outside of Afghanistan what it is like to live under so much negligent rule. In Eliza Griswold’s piece about the Landays of Afghan Women, she found that they “lilt internally from word to word in a kind of two-line lullaby that belies the sharpness of their content, which is distinctive not only for its beauty, bawdiness, and wit, but also for the piercing ability to articulate a common truth about war, separation, homeland, grief, or love.” (Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women) These types of poems, mostly sung and spoken, rarely written down, give us an inside look into what these women are facing and in what ways they coped with war, rape and abuse by