The Millennium Development Goal that interests me the most is the promotion of gender equality and the empowering of women. I believe all the developmental goals coincide with one another but the focus on empowering women and promotion of gender equality has been an ongoing struggle as time has evolved. Also, it is frustrating how many view women as disabled individuals because of their biological organisms. The vast majority of my research will be based in the Middle East, Afghanistan to be precise, where there currently resides the first female governor, Dr. Habiba Sarabi. The purpose of my MDG report is to shine light on a country that has little to no support from male figures for the liberation of women.
Life as an Afghanistan woman is …show more content…
Afghan women cannot leave the house unless fully clothed and accompanied by a male relative. Typically young brides live with in-laws where she is treated as a servant. Because young ladies are preferred for marriage, older women (widows) lean on prostitution to support themselves. Afghanistan speaks in terms of complementarity and separation, not equality. This is to say, men and women have their ascribed roles and women’s subservient role is designed to compliment men’s more superior role (Lynne Manganaro). Thus, the promotion of gender equality is less prevalent amongst the general population due to culture and religious …show more content…
Habiba Sarabi. Sarabi in a low-middle class environment where her father preferred her brothers, she was constantly working twice as hard (if not more) proving her capabilities. In the times of terror she fled to Pakistan in 1996 and had the opportunity to make her dreams a reality by fighting for women’s rights. While in Pakistan she was extremely passionate about advocating for girls educations; secretly she would teach in refugee camps. Shortly after she was selected the General Manager of the Institute of Learning in Karachi as well as Vice-President of a civil society organization, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan. Sarabi had the support of her mother growing up who was very much interested in higher learning for her daughter, aside from many aspirations, she also witness her father committing acts of violence against her mother (In the midst of war, a women’s rights warrior, 2015).
U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry joined Acting Minister of Women 's Affairs Husn Ban Ghazanfar to launch the Ambassador 's Small Grants Program (AGSP) to support gender equality in Afghanistan (US Fed News Service). At this conference, five nongovernment organizations were awarded grants to assist in the bettering of women in Afghanistan. This major success story was delivered on Thursday, January 21, 2010. Based on the uprising of the Governor Sarabi, education
Life as an Afghanistan woman is …show more content…
Afghan women cannot leave the house unless fully clothed and accompanied by a male relative. Typically young brides live with in-laws where she is treated as a servant. Because young ladies are preferred for marriage, older women (widows) lean on prostitution to support themselves. Afghanistan speaks in terms of complementarity and separation, not equality. This is to say, men and women have their ascribed roles and women’s subservient role is designed to compliment men’s more superior role (Lynne Manganaro). Thus, the promotion of gender equality is less prevalent amongst the general population due to culture and religious …show more content…
Habiba Sarabi. Sarabi in a low-middle class environment where her father preferred her brothers, she was constantly working twice as hard (if not more) proving her capabilities. In the times of terror she fled to Pakistan in 1996 and had the opportunity to make her dreams a reality by fighting for women’s rights. While in Pakistan she was extremely passionate about advocating for girls educations; secretly she would teach in refugee camps. Shortly after she was selected the General Manager of the Institute of Learning in Karachi as well as Vice-President of a civil society organization, Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan. Sarabi had the support of her mother growing up who was very much interested in higher learning for her daughter, aside from many aspirations, she also witness her father committing acts of violence against her mother (In the midst of war, a women’s rights warrior, 2015).
U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry joined Acting Minister of Women 's Affairs Husn Ban Ghazanfar to launch the Ambassador 's Small Grants Program (AGSP) to support gender equality in Afghanistan (US Fed News Service). At this conference, five nongovernment organizations were awarded grants to assist in the bettering of women in Afghanistan. This major success story was delivered on Thursday, January 21, 2010. Based on the uprising of the Governor Sarabi, education