War on Women in Afeganistan

Ricardo Ottoni (rjapias who-is-at ibm.net)
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#Subject: En: holocausto de mulheres no afeganistao
#Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:09:12 -0300
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#Assunto: holocausto de mulheres no afeganistao
#
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# =20
#oi , esse e' um abaixo assinado em pro das mulheres do afeganistao que d=
esde=20
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#estao recebendo tratamento sub-humano, nao podendo aparecer em publico s=
em a=20
#compania de um homem da familia, nao podendo mais trabalhar, mesmo as qu=
e ja=20
#eram formadas, o homem da familia tem direito a fazer o que quizer com s=
ua=20
#mulher, filha ou irma, ate matar se ele achar preciso. Faca copias disso=
,=20
#assine em baixo e mande pra outros amigos tambem, assim que atingir 50=20
#assinaturas envie pra esses dois emails abaixo.
#
#> >Mary Robinson, High Commissioner, UNHCHR (webadmin.hchr who-is-at unorg.ch
#> > > > and to:
#> > > > Angela King, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancemen=
t
#> > > > of Women, UN (daw who-is-at undp.org=3D20
#
#> > > -----Original Message-----
#> > >
#> > > Subject: URGENT !! WAR ON WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN
#> > >
#> > > Dear all,
#> > >
#> > > Please read and sign-up (you can start new lists).
#> > >
#> > > Subject: Women in Afghanistan
#> > > Date: 30 June 1999 12:37
#> > >
#> > > (Please consider signing this petition - so easy to express one's
#> > > support with email really. )
#> > >
#> > > The government of Afghanistan is waging a war upon women. The
#> > > situation is getting so bad that one person in an editorial of th=
e
#> > > Times compared the treatment of women there to the treatment of
#> > > Jews in pre-Holocaust Poland.
#> > >
#> > > Since the Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear
#> > > burquaand have been beaten and stoned in public for not having th=
e
#> > > properattire, even if this means simply not having the mesh
#> > > covering in front of their eyes. One woman was beaten to DEATH by=
an
#> > > angry
#> > > mob of fundamentalists for accidentally exposing her arm while sh=
e was
#> > > driving. Another was stoned to death for trying to leave the
#> > > country with a man that was not a relative.
#> > >
#> > > Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public without a
#> > > male relative; professional women such as professors, translators=
,
#> > > doctors, lawyers, artists and writers have been forced from their
#> > > jobs and stuffed into their homes, so that depression is becoming
#> > > so widespread that it has reached emergency levels.
#> > >
#> > > There is no way in such an extreme Islamic society to know the
#> > > suicide rate with certainty, but relief workersare estimating tha=
t
#> > > the suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper medication
#> > > and treatment for severe depression and would rather take their l=
ives
#> > > than live in such conditions, has increased significantly.
#> > >
#> > > Homes where a woman is present must have their windows painted so
#> > > that she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent
#> > > shoeso that they are never heard. Women live in fear of their liv=
es
#> > > for the slightest misbehavior. Because they cannot work, those wi=
thout
#> > > male relatives or husbands are either starving to death or beggin=
g
#> > > on the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s.
#> > >
#> > > There are almost no medical facilities available for women, and
#> > > relief workers, in protest, have mostly left the country, taking
#> > > medicine and psychologists and other things necessary to treat th=
e
#> > > sky-rocketing level of depression among women. At one of the rare
#> > > hospitals for women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless
#> > > bodies lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua,
#> > > unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting away.
#> Others
#> > > have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, perpetually rock=
ing or
#> > > crying, most of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when wha=
t
#> > > little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these
#> > > women in front of the president's residence as a form of peaceful
#> > > protest.
#> > >
#> > > It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations' has
#> > > become an understatement. Husbands have the power of life and
#> > > death over their women relatives, especially their wives, but an =
angry
#> > > mob has just as much right to stone or beat a woman, often to dea=
th,
#> > > for exposing an inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest
#> > > way.
#> > >
#> > > David Cornwell has said that those in the West should not judge
#> > > the Afghan people for such treatment because it is a 'cultural
#> > > thing', but this is not even true. Women enjoyed relative freedom,
#> > > to work, dress generally as they wanted, and drive and appear in
#> > > public alone until only 1996 -- the rapidity of this transition is=
the
#> > > main reason for the depression and suicide; women who were once
#> > > educators or doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are no=
w
#> > > severely
#> > > restricted and treated as sub-human in the name of right-wing
#> > > fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 'culture', but
#> > > is alien to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where
#> > > fundamentalism is the rule.
#> > >
#> > > Besides, if we could excuse everything on cultural grounds, then
#> > > we should not be appalled that the Carthaginians sacrificed their
#> > > infant children, that little girls are circumcised in parts of Afr=
ica,
#> > > that blacks in the US deep south in the 1930's were lynched, prohi=
bited
#> > > from voting, and forced to submit to unjust Jim Crow laws.
#> > >
#> > > Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if they
#> > > are women in a Muslim country in a part of the world that Westerne=
rs
#> > > maynot understand. If we can threaten military force in Kosovo in =
the
#> > > name of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, then NATO
#> > > and the West can certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppress=
ion,
#> > > murder andinjustice committed against women by the Taliban.
#> > >
#> > > > *************
#> > > > STATEMENT
#> > >
#> > > In signing this, we agree that the current treatment
#> > > of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves
#> > > support and action by the people of the United Nations and that
#> > > the current situation in Afghanistan will not be tolerated.
#> > >
#> > > Women's Rights is not a small issue anywhere and it is
#> > > UNACCEPTABLE
#> > > for women in 1999 to be treated as sub-human and so much as
#> > > property.
#> > >
#> > > Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one
#> > > lives in Afghanistan or anywhere else.
#> > >
#> > > > ********************
#> > >
#> > > > 1) Johan Pieters, Randburg, South Africa
#> > > > 2) Jacques de Bruin, Pretoria, South Africa=3D20
#> > > > 3) Paul Swanepoel, Pretoria, South Africa
#> > > > 4. Pieter Rabe, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
#> > > > 5) Chris; Los Angeles, USA =3D20
#> > > 6) Debbie Sklar, Great Neck, NY
#> > > > 7) Edson Williams, Amsterdam Holland
#> > > >8) Gen M. Huizinga; Amsterdam, Holland
#> > > >9) Frank Tol; Amsterdam, Holland
#> > > >10) Roberta Amador; Amsterdam, Holland
#11) Fernando de Freitas, Bras=EDlia, Brasil
#12) Rosimeire Gon=E7alves dos Santos, Bras=EDlia, Brasil

#Please sign to support, and include your town and country. Then
#> > > > copy and e-mail to as many people as possible.
#> > > >
#> > > > If you receive this list with more than 50 names on it, please
#> > > > e-mail a copy of it to:
#> > > >
#> > > > Mary Robinson, High Commissioner, UNHCHR (webadmin.hchr who-is-at unorg.ch
#> > > > and to:
#> > > >
#> > > > Angela King, Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancemen=
t
#> > > > of Women, UN (daw who-is-at undp.org=3D20
#> > > >
#> > > > Even if you decide not to sign, please be considerate and do not
#> > > > kill the petition.
#> > > > It is best to copy rather than forward the petition.
#> > > >
#> > > > Thank you
#> > >
#> > Paris
#> > Paris Marques
#> > Business Development Manager (Southern Africa)
#> > Australian Trade Commission-Johannesburg
#> > Tel: +27-11-784 0620
#> > Fax: +27-11-784 0446
#> > E mail: paris.marques who-is-at austrade.gov.au
#>=20
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 =20
oi , esse e' um abaixo assinado em pro das mulheres do afeganistao = que=20 desde 96 estao recebendo tratamento sub-humano, nao podendo aparecer em = publico=20 sem a compania de um homem da familia, nao podendo mais trabalhar, mesmo = as que=20 ja eram formadas, o homem da familia tem direito a fazer o que = quizer com=20 sua mulher, filha ou irma, ate matar se ele achar preciso. Faca copias = disso,=20 assine em baixo e  mande pra outros amigos tambem, assim que = atingir 50=20 assinaturas envie pra esses dois emails abaixo.
 
> >Mary Robinson, High Commissioner, UNHCHR (webadmin.hchr@unorg.ch
>= >=20 > > and to:
> > > > Angela King, Special Advisor on = Gender=20 Issues and the Advancement
> > > > of Women, UN (daw@undp.org=3D20

> > = >=20 -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > >  = Subject:=20 URGENT !! WAR ON WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN
> > >
> > = > =20 Dear all,
> > >
> > > Please read and sign-up = (you can=20 start new lists).
> > >
> > > Subject: Women in=20 Afghanistan
> > > Date: 30 June 1999 12:37
> > = >
>=20 > >  (Please consider signing this petition - so easy to = express=20 one's
> > >  support with email really. )
> >=20 >
> > >  The government of Afghanistan is waging a = war upon=20 women. The
> > >  situation is getting so bad that one = person=20 in an editorial of the
> > >  Times compared the = treatment of=20 women there to the treatment of
> > >  Jews in = pre-Holocaust=20 Poland.
> > >
> > >  Since the Taliban took = power=20 in 1996, women have had to wear
> > >  burquaand have = been=20 beaten and stoned in public for not having the
> > > =20 properattire, even if this means simply not having the mesh
> > = >  covering in front of their eyes. One woman was beaten to = DEATH by=20 an
> > > angry
> > >  mob of = fundamentalists for=20 accidentally exposing her arm while she was
> > >  = driving.=20 Another was stoned to death for trying to leave the
> > = > =20 country with a man that was not a relative.
> > >
> = >=20 >  Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public = without=20 a
> > >  male relative; professional women such as = professors,=20 translators,
> > >  doctors, lawyers, artists and = writers have=20 been forced from their
> > >  jobs and stuffed into = their=20 homes, so that depression is becoming
> > >  so = widespread that=20 it has reached emergency levels.
> > >
> > = >  There=20 is no way in such an extreme Islamic society to know the
> > = > =20 suicide rate with certainty, but relief workersare estimating = that
> >=20 >  the suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper=20 medication
> > >  and treatment for severe depression = and would=20 rather take their lives
> > >  than live in such = conditions,=20 has increased significantly.
> > >
> > >  = Homes=20 where a woman is present must have their windows painted so
> > = >  that she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear=20 silent
> > >  shoeso that they are never heard. Women = live in=20 fear of their lives
> > >  for the slightest = misbehavior.=20 Because they cannot work, those without
> > >  male = relatives=20 or husbands are either starving to death or begging
> > = > =20 on  the street, even if they hold Ph.D.'s.
> > = >
> >=20 >  There are almost no medical facilities available for women,=20 and
> > >  relief workers, in protest, have mostly left = the=20 country, taking
> > >  medicine and psychologists and = other=20 things necessary to treat the
> > >  sky-rocketing = level of=20 depression among women. At one of the rare
> > >  = hospitals for=20 women, a reporter found still, nearly lifeless
> > >  = bodies=20 lying motionless on top of beds, wrapped in their burqua,
> >=20 >  unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but slowly wasting=20 away.
> Others
> > >  have gone mad and were seen = crouched in corners, perpetually rocking or
> > >  = crying, most=20 of them in fear. One doctor is considering, when what
> > = > =20 little medication that is left finally runs out, leaving these
> = >=20 >  women in front of the president's residence as a form of=20 peaceful
> > >  protest.
> > >
> > = >  It is at the point where the term 'human rights violations'=20 has
> > >  become an understatement. Husbands have the = power of=20 life and
> > >  death over their women relatives, = especially=20 their wives, but an angry
> > >  mob has just as much = right to=20 stone or beat a woman, often to death,
> > >  for = exposing an=20 inch of flesh or offending them in the slightest
> > >  = way.
> > >
> > > David Cornwell has said that = those in=20 the West should not judge
> > > the Afghan people for such = treatment=20 because it is a 'cultural
> > > thing', but this is not even = true.=20 Women enjoyed relative freedom,
> > > to work, dress = generally as=20 they wanted, and drive and appear in
> > > public alone = until only=20 1996 -- the rapidity of this transition is the
> > > main = reason for=20 the depression and suicide; women who were once
> > > = educators or=20 doctors or simply used to basic human freedoms are now
> > > = severely
> > > restricted and treated as sub-human in the = name of=20 right-wing
> > > fundamentalist Islam. It is not their = tradition or=20 'culture', but
> > > is alien to them, and it is extreme = even for=20 those cultures where
> > > fundamentalism is the = rule.
> >=20 >
> > > Besides, if we could excuse everything on = cultural=20 grounds, then
> > > we should not be appalled that the = Carthaginians=20 sacrificed their
> > > infant children, that little girls = are=20 circumcised in parts of Africa,
> > > that blacks in the US = deep=20 south in the 1930's were lynched, prohibited
> > > from = voting, and=20 forced to submit to unjust Jim Crow laws.
> > >
> > = >=20 Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if = they
> >=20 > are women in a Muslim country in a part of the world that=20 Westerners
> > > maynot understand. If we can threaten = military=20 force in Kosovo in the
> > > name of human rights for the = sake of=20 ethnic Albanians, then NATO
> > > and the West can certainly = express=20 peaceful outrage at the oppression,
> > > murder = andinjustice=20 committed against women by the Taliban.
> > >
> > = > >=20 *************
> > > > STATEMENT
> > >
> = >=20 >  In signing this, we agree that the current treatment
> = >=20 >  of women in Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and=20 deserves
> > >  support and action by the people of the = United=20 Nations and that
> > >  the current situation in = Afghanistan=20 will not be tolerated.
> > >
> > >  Women's = Rights=20 is not a small issue anywhere and it is
> > > =20 UNACCEPTABLE
> > >  for women in 1999 to be treated as=20 sub-human and so much as
> > >  property.
> >=20 >
> > >  Equality and human decency is a RIGHT not a = freedom, whether one
> > >  lives in Afghanistan or = anywhere=20 else.
> > >
> > > > = ********************
> >=20 >
> > > > 1) Johan Pieters, Randburg, South = Africa
>=20 > > > 2) Jacques de Bruin, Pretoria, South Africa=3D20
> = > >=20 > 3) Paul Swanepoel, Pretoria, South Africa
> > > > 4. = Pieter=20 Rabe, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
> > > > 5) Chris; = Los=20 Angeles, USA   =3D20
> > > 6) Debbie Sklar, Great = Neck,=20 NY
> > > > 7) Edson Williams, Amsterdam Holland
> = > >=20 >8) Gen M. Huizinga; Amsterdam, Holland
> > > >9) = Frank Tol;=20 Amsterdam, Holland
> > > >10) Roberta Amador; Amsterdam, Holland
11) Fernando de Freitas, Brasília, Brasil
 
Please sign to support, and include your town and country. = Then
>=20 > > > copy and e-mail to as many people as possible.
> = > >=20 >
> > > > If you receive this list with more than 50 = names on=20 it, please
> > > > e-mail a copy of it to:
> > = >=20 >
> > > > Mary Robinson, High Commissioner, UNHCHR (webadmin.hchr@unorg.ch
>= >=20 > > and to:
> > > >
> > > > Angela = King,=20 Special Advisor on Gender Issues and the Advancement
> > > = > of=20 Women, UN (daw@undp.org=3D20
> >=20 > >
> > > > Even if you decide not to sign, please = be=20 considerate and do not
> > > > kill the petition.
> = >=20 > > It is best to copy rather than forward the petition.
> = > >=20 >
> > > > Thank you
> > >
> >=20 Paris
> > Paris Marques
> > Business Development = Manager=20 (Southern Africa)
> > Australian Trade = Commission-Johannesburg
>=20 > Tel: +27-11-784 0620
> > Fax: +27-11-784 0446
> > = E mail:=20 paris.marques@austrade.gov.= au
>
=20
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