Burqa or Blood

By Jared Boss

Chained to My Male Relatives• Women are not allowed to leave the house without a male

relative • Women are forced to stay at home if they are a widow• Even widows who have money die of starvation from not

being able to buy food• Women who are lucky enough to have male children let

them beg for scraps• In Iraq, women need a mans permission to leave the

country

The Burqa, My Prison

• Women are required to wear the burqa outside the house at all times

• A Burqa must cover all parts of the body• If the body shows, the woman is hurt by a man• Burqas have no eye holes, only mesh• Women have been killed because of not being able to see

or move out of the way of cars• An old women was beaten for showing ankles

No Job, No Life in Afghanistan

• Women are no longer allowed to work in Afghanistan• Little girls were forced to leave school when the Taliban

took over• The next day they beat little girls and women who went

to go to work or school• Women used to hold many government positions• Now they do nothing but cook and clean• If the woman is a widow, she has no chance to survive

Women's Rights Afghanistan

• Not allowed to go to school or work• Windows must be painted black in their homes• Must wear a burqa outside the house• Can be brutally beaten for breaking any law• Not allowed to keep their own children if husband dies

and a male relative is alive• Women can be killed because of “honor’

Women's Rights Iraq

• Women have some rights, but they are limited• Able to make money by working• Women are allowed to go shopping for food and clothing • Their husbands are allowed to have four permanent wives

and unlimited temporary ones• Women can be arrested for fighting for women's rights• Women have to approve their husbands next permanent

wife

Differences: Afghanistan and Iraq Women

• Taliban requires a woman to wear a burqa at all times outside the home

• Iraq does not require women to wear a burqa• Taliban do not allow women to work• Iraq allows women to work and to make a living• In Iraq, men are more forgiving to women• Afghan men treat women like property

Similarities: Afghanistan and

Iraq Women

• The women both have a dress code• Iraq is a burqa that shows the entire face• Afghanistan burqa covers entire face• Both can be beaten by a man• Little power over husband• Women are not respected as they should be

Punishments For Breakingthe Law

• Stoning - throwing stones at the head of a buried woman• Burning - tying them to a stick and setting them on fire • Hanging - putting a noose on their neck and dropping

them • Shooting - killing them with guns at point blank• Poisoning – using toxins and drugs to kill or mame• Beating - whipping or hitting with a stick or rope

Women and Religion

• Under Islamic law, men are allowed to have four wives• Taliban is an ultraconservative group so their laws are

different from Islam • Taliban believe that if women are seen in tight outfits,

men will go crazy and disobey God• Women are not allowed to be religious leaders because

Muslim society believes it will offend God• Mosques are for men only, no women allowed

Honor Killings• Women are murdered for no reason because of a man’s

honor• A women can dishonor a man by not wanting to marry

him• A women was murdered because a love ballad was

dedicated to her over the radio • A mentally retarded girl was killed in front of her tribe

because she disgraced the tribe by being raped• Honor killings happen in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran• If a woman back talks to her husband she is killed

Women and School : Afghanistan

• Women are no longer allowed to teach, so boys schooling has been affected

• Little girls were poisoned for attending a school• Women were 70% of all teachers before the Taliban took

control• Many schools closed down from lack of teaching staff• Some mothers operate hidden schools in their house• These women are risking their life and the students lives

Forced Marriages• Fathers of women get paid by the man who wants their

daughter• If the women will not marry the man, she is killed for

disgracing her fathers honor• Women go to the man who offers the highest price to her

father• These women are typically abused and too young to get

married• Young children are sold to older men to be their life long

partners

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