U. N. Security Council Resolution 1325 Summary

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The essay explains how Afghanistan and the United States regulate under “traditional” rules which means that, women are not treated with the same amount of respect as men. Adding on, the “U. N. Security Council Resolution 1325:” was passed for peace and women. The essay explains how women are currently being treated wrong in Afghanistan because of leaders and the United States of American “big men”. In addition, the essay states how having “peace” in a society does not necessarily mean true peace and just because a war is over, that does not mean it is truly over. The edict, “U. N. Security Council: Resolution 1325” was passed on October 31, 2000 and it was supposedly passed so women can participate in everything that men can and bring peace. The author states that the edict was passed and brought peace to women, but then states how there are no efforts for progressing toward peace. This is confusing because, readers will start thinking the edict is successful because of how it was explained in the first half. Also, readers will not be able to understand what the edict is because, the author’s meaning of it could be exaggerated and biased. So, citing or …show more content…
It seems like the author wants to manipulate their readers by exaggerating and characterizing people in power. Also, “American big men” can be used to make readers believe that these people are not good people. Also, these “American big men” are too powerful to care about their citizens, mainly women. It is also interesting how the author cites the Afghanistan leader, Hamid Karzai and does no mention any passages from articles stating how he is as a leader. The author gives many examples on how he is not doing his job as a leader and how he is not supporting women without giving any evidence. The readers only get the opinion of the author which is possibly

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