Al Farabi Kazakh National University

Department: Information Technology

Specialty: Information System

Course: Sociology

Prepared by: Noori Rohullah

Checked by: Шеденова Назым Утегалиевна

IWS 4 Essay: The problem of social inequality in Kazakhstani/other country
(socio-economic, gender, ethnic, informational, etc. – on your choice)

I am going to write about social ethnic inequality in Afghanistan

Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, we have witnessed a daily and
ongoing worsening in the position of Afghan women and girls. I will write about
social and ethnic inequality in Afghanistan. This has affected each and every facet
of their human rights, including living conditions and social and political standing.
Their ability to live free and equal lives has been increasingly disrespected over the
past year, depriving them of opportunities for employment, access to healthcare
and education, and safety from violent situations.

Afghanistan stands apart due to the carefully planned policies of inequality

implemented by the Taliban. Girls are not allowed to attend high school in any
other country in the globe. As a result, women's entitlement to political
involvement is effectively removed because there are no women in the Taliban's
cabinet or Ministry of Women's Affairs. Most women are also prohibited from
working outside the home, forced to hide their faces in public, and expected to
travel with a male chaperone. They are still the victims of numerous sorts of
gender-based violence.

This intentional flurry of discriminatory actions against women and girls in

Afghanistan is also a terrible act of self-sabotage for a nation dealing with
numerous difficulties, such as climate-related disasters and exposure to
international economic headwinds that leave about 25 million Afghans in poverty
and many going hungry. The Afghan people lose half of their potential and energy
as a result of the exclusion of women from all spheres of life. It limits
Afghanistan's capacity to recover from crises and prohibits women from taking the
helm of initiatives to create resilient communities. The all too often crisis that
humanity has experienced has a clear lesson for us. There is little prospect of
establishing long-term peace, stability, and economic growth without the full
participation of women and girls in all facets of public life.

We thus call on the de facto authorities to rescind all decisions and policies that
deprive women of their rights, to open schools to all girls, to lift restrictions on
women's work and political engagement. All forms of violence against women and
girls must stop, we demand.

We implore the de facto authorities to make sure that female journalists, human
rights activists, and members of civil society can express themselves freely, access
information, and carry out their jobs without fear of retaliation or violence.

It is more crucial than ever for the international community to support women's
rights and to invest in women, in services for women, in jobs and enterprises run
by women, in women leaders, and in women's groups. Support for the supply of
humanitarian aid as well as ongoing and persistent political attempts to effect
change are included in this.

Throughout this crises, UN Women has remained in the nation and will do so
going forward. Together with our partners and donors, we are unwavering in our
support for Afghan women and girls. In order to fulfill the enormous demand, we
are expanding the provision of life-saving services for women, by women. To
assist in bringing the nation out of poverty, we are promoting women-owned
enterprises and employment possibilities in all industries. To aid in the revival of
the women's movement, we are also making investments in civil society
organizations with a female leadership. As it is everywhere in the world, civil
society plays a significant role in advancing women's rights and gender equality
and holding people accountable.

Every day, we fight for the whole range of women's and girls' rights to be restored,
safeguarded, and promoted. Additionally, we are establishing venues where
Afghan women may speak up for their right to live liberated and equal lives.

It is critical to direct targeted, significant, and systematic funding to address and

reverse this situation and to enable women's meaningful participation in all
stakeholder engagement on Afghanistan, including in delegations that meet with
Taliban officials, one year after women's visibility and rights were so severely
compromised.

Women's rights and decades of progress toward gender equality have been
completely destroyed in the past few months. We must keep working together and
insisting for the full range of women's rights to be respected, including their access
to education, employment, and involvement in public and political life. The
Taliban leadership must be again and collectively urged to fully abide by the
legally obligatory duties imposed by the international agreements to which
Afghanistan is a member. We also need to keep giving Afghan women and girls'
voices a platform because they are constantly battling for the right to live free and
equal lives. Our fight is also their fight. We have a duty to the world for what
happens to women and girls in Afghanistan.