{"id":130304,"date":"2024-05-10T09:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T09:05:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T06:05:44","slug":"afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130304\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nSince the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless they are accompanied by a man. Under the Taliban government\u2019s austere interpretation of Islamic law, the \u201cmahram\u201d practice long rooted in Afghan society has become compulsory. On a recent visit to their former university in Kabul, Mariam and a female friend were stopped from entering the building to collect a transcript.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the entrance, the Taliban told us that we needed a mahram,\u201d said Mariam, whose name has been changed to protect her identity like other women AFP interviewed. \u201cBut my brother was at work, my friend\u2019s brother wasn\u2019t old enough and her father had died,\u201d she said. \u201cI saw a guy on the street and he agreed to help us,\u201d she said. \u201cWe had the courage to pass him off as our brother\u201d to get in.<\/p>\n<p>Under Islam, a mahram is a close male relative \u2014 typically a husband, brother, father, son, grandfather or uncle \u2014 with whom a woman is not obliged to wear hijab, and who acts as her guardian and protector.In Afghanistan, strict rules define what women are allowed to do, with their proponents claiming they guarantee both the women\u2019s, and their whole family\u2019s, honour. The Taliban authorities, in power since 2021, have responded to international criticism by saying that Afghanistan\u2019s laws follow Islam and guarantee all citizens\u2019 rights under sharia. \u201cUnfortunately, outside circles have their own sensitivities and present incorrect interpretations based on envy and prejudice,\u201d Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP. \u201cThey should respect and value Islamic laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a country where more than 40 years of conflict have left millions of widows, it can be a challenge for many women to actually find a mahram. \u201cA lot of women don\u2019t have a man at home,\u201d said Shirin, 25, who is studying for a master\u2019s degree online after being banned by the authorities from university. \u201cTheir husband has died, or their son is too young and they find themselves head of the family. How can they have a mahram?\u201d Travelling without a mahram can result in arrest, with rigorous inspections, particularly at checkpoints in towns and rural areas, several Afghan women told AFP.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/world\/afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules\/article\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaljournal.com\/world\/afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules\/article\">DJ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/afghan-women-struggle-under-male-guardian-rules\/\">Afghan women struggle under male guardian rules<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[14469,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-130304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-afgan-women","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}