Current Event #13:
Saving Afghan Women before U.S. Exit
Due:
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Violence against women is a
major problem in Afghanistan. A recent incident happened last week, where a 14-year-old Afghan girl was beheaded and killed in an
attack by two men, one of whom apparently asked her to marry him. The attack
happened last Tuesday, a day before new legislation was introduced in Congress
calling on the U.S. government to take steps to help protect Afghan women and
girls as the U.S. military prepares to exit Afghanistan.
The girl was fetching water when she was
accosted, according to reports. The men, who have not been identified, were
arrested by police. The girl and her parents had refused a marriage proposal by
one of the men, according to the Amnesty International report. This was the
15th deadly attack on a female victim in Kunduz in 2012, the human rights
organization said.
Daisy Khan, a women’s rights advocate,
suggests that a key measure of U.S. success in Afghanistan will be the extent
of women’s rights. She states that, “If girls can’t go to school, women can’t
reach goals, which means nothing will have changed”. Women must be in talks to
fight forcefully for rights, they must vote, go to school and all parties must
promote women’s rights.
What You Will Do:
Students
will read the CNN article found at the following link: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/opinion/khan-afghan-women/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
. After reading the article, you will need to answer the following questions in
complete, detailed paragraphs to convey your thoughts and opinions about the
issue being discussed. Be sure to cite examples given in the article to support
your opinions in addition to any other resources you might utilize.
1.
In
your opinion, explain in full detail whether or not you think that the United
States military has a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women
against the injustices which are presently happening to them?
2.
As
mentioned in the article, these offenses toward Afghan women will escalate
further once American troops exit. Express your opinion regarding the (4) major
goals which must be accomplished
before the United States loses its bargaining position in Afghanistan after our
troops withdraw. List each goal and provide your analysis for each as
you explain your position.
1) I think that the United States military does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women against the injustices which are presently happening to them. It's terrible how they are being treated and someone needs to help them. It would be great if the military of the United States were to stop all of this craziness in Afghanistan. It isn't really their responsibility but they should be helping since we are all friends.
ReplyDelete2)Create a coalition of women leaders:This gives the women more responsibility of their country so men aren't the only people who are in charge of the country.
Make sure women can vote: Men probably wouldn't vote for a women leader so this gives a chance of a women leader being elected.
Imams must become advocates for women:This gives women a better chance of survival in the country. Also they will be treated better because of this.
Direct aid to support communities: Afghanistan looks like they need some help so this goal will help Afghanistan get out of the deep hole that their economy is into right now.
Current event #13
ReplyDelete1. Me presonally I think if America had the strength to go against Germany because of the hollacaust then we the military should dedicate their lives to saving these women from these brutal attacks. No women should have to fear this, and no man should have the sense to put women’s lives in jeopardy like that. This situation should be dealt with as quickly as possible and if there is a way to get Afghan women to a more safe and free environment than America should act on it.
2. I think American troops should come home but I also think these women should be safe so with that, after these troops get back troops already home and prepared to deploy should be deployed to Afghanistan for the good of these women. Afghan women should be the head of a coalation to put down negotiations for their well-being and we as Americans should honor that. We should contribute to helping women vote. We as Americans must respect their religion. We also must contribute a good amount of money to ensuring good communities.
Avery Acierno
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1. I agree that it is the United States’ moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women fro the injustices they are facing. The first reason I say this is because it is the right thing to do. These women have been beaten, killed, terrorized, and much more just because of their gender and desire to learn and prosper (mentioned in the article). We cannot ignore the terrible suffering if we are truly a helpful country. The other reason I believe the U.S. must protect Afghan women is because the U.S. made a commitment to do so. In the article it is said one of the main reasons the U.S. went to war with Afghanistan was to protect women and end their oppression. Since we made this commitment, it is important we deliver in protecting these women.
2. Create a coalition of women leaders: Creating a group of women to argue for their own rights in Afghanistan is vital. If we put women in on the decisions for their own rights, they will argue much more passionately and will present a better case than regular men would. I strongly support this idea.
Make sure women can vote: This is another vital step in extending Afghan women rights. If women can truly vote (in non biased elections), than they will finally have a say in the handling of their country. I support working to allow women to vote, because if they can’t vote they will continue to have no political voice in their country.
Imams must become advocates for women: The Islam religious leaders (imams) have lots of influence in Afghanistan. People will go off what they say. If imams can become advocates for women, then other people will too. I support that idea too.
Direct aid to support communities: The U.S. has already spent lots of money fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan. For this money to be justified, we must give a little more aid to ensure women get the support they need. It will also help their economy. I support that idea.
Period 1
ReplyDelete1.The things that are happening to the women in Afghanistan are terrible, but are it really the job of the US to come in and try to help every single country in the world. We do have our own problems. I’m not being selfish, but why do we have to get involved in every single war? I believe that they should do all they can without taking over the country. And that might not be that much.
2. I think that the US needs to help with those goals without starting another war. If woman could be leaders, violence by people with less power will subside because the leader will probably pass laws for the protection of women. Giving women a say in which the leaders are is essential. If they could vote than they could not elect the sexist people that have run the country for a while. And throwing in a religious reason will do wonders, because the Taliban is mostly Muslim. Giving reasons that the Muslim religion frowns upon these acts against women will help. And finally, if the US were to help the women, then the Taliban might start hating the US and then we have a war. It is very important to stay out of a war.
Period 2
ReplyDeleteI think if our only goal in the war had been to kill Osama Bin Ladin and defeat the Taliban then we wouldn't have to. But because we said one of our goals was to liberate Afghani women it is now the militaries obligation to do so. They got there other two goals completed so now they should be using all of their avalible rescources to educate and promote women. We should also be able to prevent the president of afghanistan we helped get elected from signing a bill the goes against our goals of making women equal. This is important and needs to be done imediately.
1)CREATE A COALITION OF WOMEN LEADERS- This is important because if there are women in the government they will support other things that help women.
2)MAKE SURE WOMEN CAN VOTE- Again so they can support things benificial to women.
3)IMAMS MUST BECOME ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN- They can help spread support for religion throughout the deeply religious country.
4)DIRECT AID TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES- This will help educate more women so women can be the biggest advocates for themselves.
Francis Wemmenhove
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The level of safety for women in Afghanistan is not what it should be. I do believe that it is the U.S. military’s moral duty and responsibility to help them become safer in their own country. Although it is not happening in the United Sates and it does not affect the United States directly, there should still be help given to them. Also, the Taliban would win if they left the women there without making sure that they are safe and can go to school. If the United States does not make sure that women are able to vote, go to school, and be safe in their own country, then all their earlier efforts would have been for nothing.
There are four goals that are said to be needed to be accomplished before the U.S. troop can leave Afghanistan. These four goals are to create a coalition of women leaders, to make sure women can vote, make imams become advocates for women, and to direct aid to support communities. Creating a coalition of women leaders will help when there are problems with women’s or girl’s rights. I think that creating a coalition of women leaders would be good and helpful. Making imams become advocates for women will be helpful for women’s safety and rights. I think that this is good idea because Afghanistan is a very religious society. Making sure women can vote will help them have an input on what happens in Afghanistan. This would really help women be able to get more control, in my opinion. Lastly, directing aid to support communities will believe they are necessary to the political and economic process. This is something that will help them see they are essential to the economic and political process, in my opinion. Overall theses four goals, if reached, will help women to get more control in Afghanistan.
Paige Jones
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12/4/12
1. I think that the United States military isn't responsible for protecting Afghan women against the injustices which are presently happening to them, but they should help just because it would be nice and they would be helping a lot of people. It's not acceptable how they are being treated. It would be nice if the US military were to help them.
2.
1) Create a coalition of woman leaders- the women will be able to make laws that are beneficial to the women.
2) Make sure women can vote- women can vote on things that will be beneficial to them
3) Imams must become advocates for women- help support religion
4) Direct aid to support communities- it will help their economy
Jessi Szymczak
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12/4/12
I do believe that the United Stated Military has a moral duty to help Afghan women that are living their. The level of security that is present in Afghan is not being enforced as much as I think it should be to keep these women safe. Since the level of security is not where it should be then I think the U.S. military should try to step in and help. However, I am not positive, but I think that even if the U.S. tries to step in and help it could create conflict between our two countries, or nothing would majorly be changed. I don't think anything would majorly change because that is not the United States, and to have something change you would want everyone in Afghan to want it to be changed not everyone in the United States because that won't solve anything. Although, something could change and help the security for women in Afghan so I think that they should try to help to see if they can get Afghan to go in the right direction for women's security.
To try and get the coalition of women leaders would be a big step for Afghan. To be able to get this to happen the military troops would have to talk to the leaders in Afghan and get this put into action. To try and get the right for women to vote would be another problem dealing with having to talk to the leaders. Having direct aid put into supporting communities would put the U.S. into even more debt unless we have money set aside for these types of things than that piece wouldn't be as difficult. The hardest thing I think that would have to be accomplished would be for Imams to become advocates for women because that is changing the religious values that Afghan has had for a long, long time but it can be done. It is not impossible.
Abby Kameny
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12/4/2012
Although Afghan women and girls have been treated horribly by the Taliban, I do not think it is our responsibility to protect them. Unites States troops weren't put in Afghanistan to help the Afghan women. Helping them would not only be very dangerous, but we also wouldn't know exactly what to do. A good solution to this problem would be to send aid or health care to Afghanistan. It may not completely solve the crisis, but it would be a good start.
Creating a coalition of women would help women have more power in their society. They should be able to have a say in the laws and solutions to problems in their country. Allowing women to vote would be great- they have opinions too! I think preventing this would cause Afghanistan to lack the opportunity of having a female president. Although it may be difficult to change people's religious views, having imams become advocates for women would definitely reduce sexism in Afghanistan. If direct aid were to be given Afghanistan to support communities, I believe Afghan women would live much happier and safer lives.
Paige Haskins
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December 4, 2012
1)I don't think its the US militarys moral duty to help the women of Afghan specifically. Even if it would be very helpful to those women, the US military has bigger concerns in that country then protecting the rights of women. I think in the future it could be a moral duty to help the women, but as of now with all the other chaose in that country, it shouldn't be there top priorty. If the country doesn't recognize this issue and extreme, then yes the US military should be there to help, but on the other hand you wouldn't want to get too involved in fear of bringing back the rivalry between the two countries.
2)
1) Create a coalition of woman leaders- this will givew the women a chance to create laws that will help them, rather then take away any more rights.
2) Make sure women can vote- Women would be able to vote on things that could benefit them rather then hurt them; it gives them a voice in their country
3) Ismams must become advocates for women- this would help support the religion in the country
4) Direct aid to support communities- this would support the economy and help it grow as one with the country
Kelly Zhang
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I think that since the Afghan women want to have more freedom and more rights, then they should be able to have these rights. The US has been in Afghanistan for a long time fighting and we want to help the Afghan women gain more rights. If we give up half way through how will everyone view that? We cannot give up or else all that effort will have been wasted. We need to see change and movement towards what the US has been working towards for so long. The US does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women because that is one of the three goals of the Afghan war.
The US must create a coalition of women leaders. This would provide Afghanistan with strong women leaders to help let women keep their new rights and powers after US troops leave Afghanistan. The US must make sure women can vote. This would make sure that women get a say and be able to input their opinion. This would make voting more accurately reflect the people. Imams must become advocates for women. This would help by supporting the women and believing in what they can do. This would give them courage and help them stand up against those who want to stop them. The US also needs to direct aid to support communities. If we have come so far, we should finish what we started. Communities need aid to help continue resisting the Taliban. All of these things are very important in helping women achieve their goals. This would positively affect women’s lives and make a big difference.
Erica Johnson
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1) In my opinion, it is no business of the U.S. to protect Afghan Women. Of course it is a good effort, but it is not our moral responsibility for us to “save” the Afghan women. I believe that if the women are strong enough to be fighting their own war in a way of their own, then they do not need help from the U.S. In the article, they describe the type of woman that could defeat the Taliban and therefore let women in Afghanistan prosper. They describe them as strong, assertive, and determined. If there was a woman (or group of women) who had all of the characteristics said, then there would be no need for the U.S. to step in.
2) 1. For Afghan women to create a coalition group does not need the help of U.S. troops.
2.Again, it is not the U.S.’s responsibility to count and monitor the votes. If the coalition group of women is effective, then they will address problems such as voting rights.
3.If the Imam training groups produce a large dividend, then it should be monitored by Afghan people since it is a country that could use some money.
4.Clearly, women in Afghanistan do not believe that they are not vital to the society, as there have been several outbreaks and rights movements. Although many of them have resulted deadly, women have not given up yet.
Nathan Guskiewicz
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1. I think that its not their responsibility but that they should. It’s not fair that all these women have to go through this. We all live on the same planet so everyone has to help each other and be friends. If the US military can stop the Taliban that would be great, and I bet that later on the people of Afghanistan will really respect us.
2. Create a coalition of women leaders: This is important because after we would leave Afghanistan this coalition of women leaders could solve other problems that come up in Afghanistan.
Make sure women can vote: This is important because if women can vote than they will vote against the Taliban, which can help to stop the Taliban.
Imams must become advocates for women: This will help support the religion.
Direct aid to support communities: This will help make sure women get the support they need. It will also help the economy.
I think that the US military should help. I do not think that it should be titled their "responsibility", because it is not technically. But if they want to do the right thing, then they should help. And they should also check with the majority of people in Afghanistan to assure that our actions are okay with them.
ReplyDeleteThe troops should give the women power, by helping create groups of women that could band together. Women should be allowed to vote, so they could have a say in what goes on in the country. I also believe that Imams should become advocates for women. We could also maybe support the country by providing financial aid to support the economy.
Anna Castellano
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The United States military has a moral obligation to protect Afghan women against present injustices happening to them. The United States is occupying their country for counter terrorism reasons and protection. Since we are a military force there to enforce rules and enhance global safety, then that is what we should do. Even though we are primarily there for efforts against the spread of terrorism, we need to spread humanity while we are there.
Offenses toward Afghan women will escalate once the United States leaves Afghanistan. There are four goals before our troops exit this country.
Create a coalition of women leaders.
I agree with this goal because if women have leadership positions there will be less violence and attacks on women.
Make sure women can vote.
I agree with this goal because the women will vote against the very men that are causing the atrocities against them. This will give the women more power and a voice that they currently do not have.
Imams must become advocates for women.
If Imams advocate for women, women will gain respect and dignity. They will be setting an example for their society. Since they are respected religious leaders, they will be listened to and people will follow their ideas.
Direct aid to support communities.
If we set up a structure for aid distribution, there is the possibility that more aid will be directed to where it is needed most. Women need to be included in these decisions since they are a backbone of their community. This will help continue to earn them respect and a growing voice.
Claire Lancaster
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1) I feel very conflicted about this situation. I completely disagree with what is happening concerning Afghan women, and how they are being treated. No one should ever be treated, as they are whether it’s because of their race, gender, religion or anything of the sort. But on the other hand, I think that America tends to stick our noses into other countries business that maybe we shouldn’t. We should just let other countries fight their own battles.
2) 1. Create a coalition of women leaders- this to me would be good all around for Afghan women because not only would they have someone sticking up for their rights, but it would be a women and not a man fighting their battles.
2. Make sure women can vote- this would be good because most women would vote against the Taliban, which would at least get the women closer to freedom then where they are now.
3. Imams must become advocates for women- this to me would be the hardest way to go about changing women’s rights since their country is so devoted to its religion, a change concerning that may not be easy.
4. Direct aid to support communities- again, I feel as though America shouldn’t be involved as much as we are. But if they reach out to us for help, then that to me is ok.
Autumn West
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1. I think that the United States military does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women against the injustices which are presently happening to them. It's terrible how they are being treated and someone needs to help them. It would be great if the military of the United States were to stop all of this craziness in Afghanistan. It isn't really their responsibility but they should be helping since we are all friends.
2. The US must create a coalition of women leaders. This would provide Afghanistan with strong women leaders to help let women keep their new rights and powers after US troops leave Afghanistan. The US must make sure women can vote. This would make sure that women get a say and be able to input their opinion. This would make voting more accurately reflect the people. Imams must become advocates for women. This would help by supporting the women and believing in what they can do.
Markale Cordova
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Honor's World History
I think that the United States military does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women against the injustices that is happening to them. It's terrible how they are being treated and someone needs to help them. I agree with what everybody else has to say about our troops. It's not really their responsibility to help them, but they want to do the right thing and I respect them for doing just that. Making sure that not only our country is safe, but others as well.
There are four goals before our troops exit this country.Create a coalition of women leaders which is a good goal for the Afghan women because it helps them stick up for themselves rather men sticking up for them. Making sure they can have the right to vote is another key term for them because it would give them more freedom then they had before. Imams advocate for women, women will gain respect and dignity. This would give them more respect towards them, so they can be listen to and if they had a good idea they would follow that idea as well. There last for our troops towards our Afghan women is to have direct aid to support them and their communities which would give them a right to help make decisions in their communities and such. I hope our troops can complete there goals and I wish them luck.
Gabi Brenman
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I believe the United States of America has a moral duty to help protect women in Afghanistan. The USA military has spent a long time in Afghanistan. Part of the motives for going into Afghanistan was to protect Afghan women and their rights. As a country, the USA went into Afghanistan saying we could have the power to do this. If we leave Afghanistan now, we will not have achieved this goal. It is a reasonable goal, and now is our chance to reach it. We went in saying we would help Afghan women, so we must keep our promises.
There are four major goals which must be accomplished before the troops withdraw. The sooner done the more impact they will have. Here are the four major goals:
1. Create a coalition of women leaders
If we there is a strong group of women leaders in Afghanistan, women in Afghanistan will have someone to look up to, showing that there is hope. These women leaders will need to be strong and powerful. Whenever Afghanistan is discussing things that will specifically effect women, they must be involved.
2. Make sure women can vote
All of women’s votes need to count; their opinions are very important.
3. Imams must become advocates of women
Imams are some of the religious leaders of a muslim community. They are highly respected people. If they supported women’s rights, many people would follow.
4. Direct aid to support communities
There is billions of US dollars that have/are being used in Afghanistan. Some of this money needs to go to protecting women of Afghanistan.
Sam Bauers
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Waters 2nd
I think if the U.S. didnt try to help the women in Afghanistan it would of been a waste of all the years they have been staitioned here. The reason why we are stationed there right now is that if we were not there all of there citizens would be in danger. The job over there would not be complete if women over there are still in danger every single day. I as a citizen would feel guilty if we left them still in danger, and I'm not even a soldier. If were to leave them in a time like this, then why wouldnt we have left years ago when there government was in turmoil. It would be unacceptable to leave the people over there as vulnerable as they are.
1)If we were to create a coalition in Afghanistan this would give hope to women because they would see these successful women fighting for their rights, and convince these girls to stick up for themselves and take their rights.
2)Women being able to vote would be monumental because this would help them as a people usher in a new era where the politics would be on there side. However, this would have to be a side solution and not the main one because if then men dont want women in power they have the right to vote as well.
3)With Imams on the side of women this would be a tremendous achievement. With Afghanistan being a country surrounded with religion, to have someone influential like Imams saying women just as good as men would be a great achievement. Its easier said then done though.
4)Even when the U.S. leaves we should still be on call if they ever needed us. However, we should not be the only ones. There should be other countries who should step in and lend a helping hand if it were to be needed.
Veronica Kim
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12/5/2012
First off, what the HECK?!? Do men think it's okay to PROPOSE to girls and then just KILL THEM when they refuse? Like, sorry, but you're not that attractive, and when a girl says no, BACK OFF. It's basic social skills - it doesn't even stretch to relationship skills. You don't kill someone because they don't want to marry you. Realize - maybe you're the one with the problems. Maybe you are a creeper who girls don't find attractive thanks to your creeper-ness.
Ranting aside, I don't think the U.S. has a duty, necessarily, to protect Afghan women from being killed (cough, cough), but I do think it's a very moral issue. If men are proposing to girls and killing them when they refuse, it's a problem. A big problem. If we're not concerned by that, we definitely have questionable morals. And questionable emotions. Although we don't have a responsibility to protect them, per say (as it would seem like we find it an obligation to watch over all the happenings in Afghanistan, which in turn might seem like a threat to them), if this is a problem and we believe we have a way to prevent it, stepping in might be a good idea.
CREATE A COALITION OF WOMEN LEADERS - Good idea. Women need a say, too. What is this, the 1800s? Being sexist will get you nowhere. Girls can think just as well as guys (if not better) and should be able to prove it.
MAKE SURE WOMEN CAN VOTE - Again, women should have equal rights. We are not Victorian England; women do not walk around with frilly dresses and parasols. Women have just as much say in matters as important as voting as men do.
IMAMS MUST BECOME ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN - Yes. Religious leaders have power. For a country that believes so fiercely in its religion, people who have standing will be able to make a difference. If you have followers that truly believe in what you say and you get them to represent you, you're on the right track to making a change.
DIRECT AID TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES - Aid helps not just physically but emotionally too. If people feel like they are being backed (and the U.S. is a pretty powerful entity when it comes to backing people up) they will gain confidence. Direct aid will not only show communities that they have help, but will also raise their hopes. By supporting communities and helping protect them from the Taliban, it will fortify everyone in body and in mind.
Again, I think women need more rights, and need them fast. A sexist country won't get anywhere. And please, if you want a girl to marry you, don't chop off her head when she refuses. Bring her flowers instead.
I strongly believe that EVERYONE who can do so is morally obligated to help protect Afghan women from these horrible things. It is wrong to sit back and watch as innocent women and girls are mercilessly slaughtered for the sake of outdated beliefs. The girl who was beheaded was 14 years old. 14. I'm 14. She shouldn't even have been thinking about marriage. It is our job to step in and protect girls like this.
ReplyDeleteCreate a coalition of women leaders
I totally and completely agree with this. Anything we can do to get women more involved in their own political destiny, we should do. I would even go a step further and say that women should be present in government even when the issue is NOT about women's rights.
Make sure women can vote
People, this one is a no-brainer. We have had women voting in the US since 1919. It is HIGH time that women all over the world should be voting too. We have the same intellectual capacity as men (if not greater). Time we use it.
Imams must become advocates for women
If this will help women, then yes this is a good policy. My opinion is that it is depressing that we need everything to be based around religion instead of logic, but if religious approval is what they want, then religious approval is what they get.
Direct aid to support communities
I agree with this step as long as we make sure that the aid is going to pro-equal rights organizations and groups. We have to be careful that sexist groups aren't taking the money for themselves.
Morgan Durant
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Dec 5 2012
I dont think the us has any Respsonsabiltys when dealling with an other nations afairs and i dont think we have a moral oblagation however we should finish our job in afganistan and help the women.
1 I agree that afganastan should have women leaders, voting rights,imams, and community support
Ari Horwitz
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The initial objective for launching this war was to capture Osama Bin Laden, Defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and protect Afghan woman and their rights. If we backed out of Afghanistan without finishing the job than the whole war outcome was not a success. I definitely agree that it is a responsibility for the US to aid the country to introducing more women’s rights and reduce the discrimination going on. In American people are raging about troops in Afghan being there for too long, but they don’t know the reason why. If we were to back out today than Al-Qaeda and the Taliban would start to gain its strength again. If woman can have a say in how the country is run and be leaders than the Taliban will be diminished when woman vote against it. Even though I think it is unnecessary that we got involved in this crisis in the first place, now that we got ourselves in to it we cant leave without the mission being complete and give the country a chance of success in the future. The US helping Afghani woman can help towards that chance.
Create a coalition of women leaders- Woman leaders will be able to crate laws for themselves so woman live in a more equal manor. Also woman will become more educated in order to create woman leadership
Make sure women can vote- If woman could vote then they would vote against the Taliban causing them to collapse and not be able to rule the country. Voting is a simple right that is vital to equality in countries.
Imams must become advocates for women- This will help gain respect for woman in the country. It will strengthen their Religious values and make them more accepted in their Islamic community. It will also strengthen the countries views on religion even more.
Direct aid to support communities- Woman need to be included in the decision process of where aid needs to go. The views of woman are more accurate considering they have a first hand witness of the discrimination against them. If we can aid the right places then the country will have more success presenting these rights to woman.
Alex Parks
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The things that are happening to the women in Afghanistan are terrible, but are it really the job of the US to come in and try to help every single country in the world. We do have our own problems. I’m not being selfish, but why do we have to get involved in every single war? I believe that they should do all they can without taking over the country. And that might not be that much.
I think that the US needs to help with those goals without starting another war. If woman could be leaders, violence by people with less power will subside because the leader will probably pass laws for the protection of women. Giving women a say in which the leaders are is essential. If they could vote than they could not elect the sexist people that have run the country for a while. And throwing in a religious reason will do wonders, because the Taliban is mostly Muslim. Giving reasons that the Muslim religion frowns upon these acts against women will help. And finally, if the US were to help the women, then the Taliban might start hating the US and then we have a war. It is very important to stay out of a war.
Rebecca Harless
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December 5, 2012
I believe that, yes, the United States military has a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women against the injustices happening against them. For a fourteen year old girl, a teenager like me, to be killed in such a vulgar way as beheading is disgusting, unreasonable, and an abuse of power. As Daisy Khan said, “We must remember that we had three objectives for launching the Afghan war -- capturing Osama bin Laden, defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban and protecting Afghan women and their rights;” protecting women from the senseless killing they endure now is what the Afghan war’s purpose is, on top of the other goals. With bin Laden dead, the Taliban is still present and women’s rights are not protected. Having killed so many, this war should be able to accomplish all of its purposes, or else there will not have been a good enough reason for altering so many lives. Since there are two years left, instead of fighting and killing more people only to have things result back to the before, the military should take it into their hands to fight for women’s rights and change Afghanistan for the future. After all, we are already there and so much destruction has been done, things should be evened out morally for good.
Offenses toward women will definitely escalate once American troops leave, which is why action should be taken to prevent them. The first goal is to create a council of important Afghan women to discuss female rights when issues including girls and women are negotiated. I believe this to be so true, because without a woman’s point of view of things, a woman’s voice will not be heard in things that will affect all females; it is like the “taxation without representation” thing in the Revolutionary War, except that it is lack of freedom, not taxation. The second goal is to assure women’s voting rights, so that “Afghan elections are not corrupt and that women actually get to vote,” with monitors, as Daisy Khan said. I feel strongly this should happen, because without women voting against the Taliban, the Taliban will continue influencing the way women are treated. With special thanks to Wikipedia for the definition of an “imam,” the third goal deals with said leaders working to protect women using religious training. I believe this will solve many problems, including the way the Taliban uses religion to back up its violence and restrictions on women. The last goal is to give help directly to communities and strengthen them so they will be able to withstand the Taliban’s influence. I agree with this because it will help protect female rights, and the “Billions of dollars in U.S. aid will [not] be squandered” then, as Daisy Khan said, meaning this war will not have been for naught because fourteen year olds will no longer be beheaded.
Jacob Engel
ReplyDelete7th
5/12/12
I think that the hurting of women in Afghanistan is a very bad thing, but I believe that it is up to the Afghani government to make it better for women. The US is trying to turn the corner on war in the middle east, and I also think that the US had no business in Afghanistan or anywhere in that region at all. The government spends way too much on the defense budget, 66.84 billion dollars, and if we took out all armed forces, then we could spend more money on things that would help our country out, like helping hurricane sandy victims. I do think that the US and the other members of the UN could work out something with Afghanistan to help reduce the killings an injuring though. Also, Imams have to back women,
I think that there should be a creation of a coalition of women leaders. I also think that the UN can pressure the Afgnan government enough to make women able to vote. Also, Imams should back women. They would get more respect for women in the islamic community. The last thing is that the UN has to try to do something about the Taliban, and weaken their influence in communities. I think the UN can create some ideas or pool together money for that.
Cisem Karaca
ReplyDelete5th period
12/5/12
1)This article stood our to me. I feel that we are very lucky here in America with the rights that we have today. The fact that some women around the world specifically (Afghanistan) do not have the right to a proper education, voting and even decisions that influence the future, is strange to me. Woman should have the same rights as men no matter what country. The purpose of this war was very simple to capture Osama Bin Laden, Defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taliban and help the women in the process. If the U.S. didn’t try to help the women in Afghanistan it would of been a waste of all the years they have been stationed there because that is one of the three goals of the Afghan war.
2) 1) Create a coalition of woman leaders- this will give the women a chance to create laws that will help them in the future. This would also help by giving woman more say in the community helping them establish better futures.
2) Make sure women can vote- this allows the country to elect a better leader based on all of the voices in the country. The women would be able to help choose a better leader depending on their rights.
3) Imams must become advocates for women- this would help support the religion in the country and the rights women deserve
4) Direct aid to support communities- this would support the economy and help it according the what the country needs. If women had more say there may be a boost in the economy because it will be more suitable for the country.
Edward Zhuang
ReplyDelete12/5/12
Period 5
I believe the US military should definitely help out the women in Afghanistan. They should definitely be morally inclined to do so. Our troops overseas cannot allow the injustice that currently follows - they must do something about the inequality. Our reputation of being a country helps the needy must be retained if we are to still be “America”.
Create a coalition of women leaders: If we have people who can speak for themselves, and can rally together, we create a powerful force, capable of changing the situation. Soon, they begin to gain influence and spread their inspiration.
Make sure women can vote: If we allow women to vote without rigged elections, the sense of democracy is heightened and people finally have a say in what they believe.
Imams must become advocates for women: Religion, especially in a region with few atheists, can serve to be influential. People follow their spiritual leader and agree with them. The concept of having Imams lead is good.
Direct aid to support communities: The money we spend for projects in Afghanistan should not go to waste. It is supposed to be used for making a change.
Nikki Thai
ReplyDelete1st Period
i agree that, yes, we should be involved, because if the taliban’s power were to majorly increase, that could be a problem for us in the future. But, i also disagree on the US aiding Afghanistan. It’s a very blunt opinion of mine, and kind of mean, but it’s not our country; it’s not our problem. Sure we can very well participate in helping change Afghanistan, but I don’t believe we should play a major role in this. We shouldn’t be held responsible, nor should we take on their duties. Although our country condition may not be as bad as Afghanistan, we are facing our own problems; and that is where we should be focusing on.
Create a coalition of women leaders: A women with political authority is important in order to create a well balanced system.
Make sure women can vote: I think this is a big step, for any country, when they allow women to vote. Allowing this adds much power and responsibility to the women’s side.
Imams must be advocates for women: Religion is something almost everyone believes in or can relate to; by allowing women this, they’re strengthening the religious views of the country as well.
Direct aid to support communities: Women should be allowed to suggest where aid should be directed because they make up much of the population and would understand very well where these aids should go.
Saane Chamberlin-Finau
ReplyDeletePeriod 1
12/5/12
1. I do find that the US has a moral duty to protect those women. No matter where you are in the world, it is wrong. If the US or any other nation has the chance to help, I find that they should. I view it as, if this was happing to our country and to women that I know and love, I would hope that others would come to our aid. I would pray that someone, no matter who would help because we needed it. JUst as a moral duty to that nation as a whole, and as a single person.
2. I find that the goals are very reasonable. They are goals that need to be worked for but certainly can be reached. It gives them a goal to reach that is possible. I think that the one of the most important things that need to be done is women's right to vote. I think that once the male populations sees them as political equals, the rest will follow.
Katherine Yang
ReplyDelete12/5/2012
5th Period
1) I think that the United States military does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect these women. In the US, even though equality has not yet been reached, most, if not all Americans support equal rights for women and men. If you just think about it, humans are crazy for ever even thinking that women are lower and not as important as men. We, in the most basic biological sense, are all equal, throughout the world.
2)Create a coalition of women leaders: this supports women in roles of power, and these women will help to shape the future of the world.
Make sure women can vote: The right to vote and help to aid in your country’s future is a basic human justice, and Afghan women should definitely be allowed and encouraged to submit their decisions in Afghanistan’s elections.
Imams must become advocates for women: Support for women’s rights is greatly needed, especially when there are people who still cling to the ludicrous notion that men and women are not equal.
Direct air to support communities: The people of Afghanistan, not just the women, need to understand the way that the rest of the world is progressing with women’s rights.
Danielle Reviere
ReplyDelete5th
The United States military does have a moral duty to protect the Afghan women, one of the reasons we went over there was to protect Afghan women and their rights. Due to the fact that the US military went over to accomplish that goal they now have a moral duty to finish what they started. The women are being treated horribly and this problem needs to be corrected.
Create a coalition of women leaders: This will give women input on their rights.
Make sure women can vote: “Women will vote against the Taliban if they are free to go to the polls.” If this statement is true not only will the US make progress on their second goal to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda, but it will give women input on what happens in their country.
Imams must become advocates for women: Imams have a higher chance of making women’s voices heard.
Direct aid to support communities: Women and others will be able to resist the Taliban in their own way.
Francisco Coch
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I do not believe that this nation’s military has full moral duty and resonsibility over the rights of women in Afghanistan. I believe that it would be the right thing for America to intervene and try to influence those decisions made, however we should take a more diplomatic approach and try to persuade them to change their conservative views, rather than forcefully change Afghanistan’s ways through our military’s arsenal and troops. This resource should only be dispatched during extreme measures.
If the original goal, when America invaded the middle east, was to remove the terrorist and extremist groups, then we failed for the most part, and thus it would not make logical sense to continue doing so after a decade of trying. I think right now a good option would be to wait until things settle, and hope for change if these groups are unwilling to change their ways.
Simon Dunson
ReplyDelete7th period
1) I do not believe that the US military has to protect women in Afghanistan, but i do believe that we have some moral obligation to help in some way. In order to help the situation though we must take a careful and/or a diplomatic approach. If we pushed our beliefs too hard then we would start more issues with their government and that would cause even more violence.
2) I think that if our troops exit Afghanistan then the violence towards women may get worse but it will eventually settle and that would probably be the best bet in the long run. Once things settle down then we can try a careful approach and trying to change their views on women's rights.
Blake Johnson
ReplyDelete2nd period
12/6/12
1) I think that US army has a moral duty and responsibility to the women of Afghanistan. They are being treated so poorly and unfairly and it would be a bad mark on the US if we knew how bad the women are being treated and just left them without trying to help. Women are being killed. The army just can’t say we are done and leave when there are still people suffering. Especially people who were part of our main objective to help. Also the US army cannot walk away without helping the women because they can be such vital players in accomplishing what the US was trying to do.
2) Create a coalition of women leaders: This is gives someone to lead the women and someone for the women to look up to. It also gives power to women.
Make sure women can vote: This is very important because the women would vote against the Taliban. It also raises the standards of women and makes the elections more realistic to the country.
Imams must become advocates for women: This is also very important because of how large the role of religion plays in Afghanistan. This could change the way the country treats and thinks of women.
Direct aid to support communities: Aid to communities could help the economy in Afghanistan which doesn’t sound very good. It would also help people of the communities resist the Taliban by themselves and could weaken the power of the Taliban and maybe even eventually wipeout the terrorist organization
Lillian Menkens-Weiler
ReplyDeleteMr. Waters Period 5
Honors World History
1) I do believe that the United States should do more to protect Afghan women. The things that are happening to these women are terrible, and I think that we should be doing everything that we can to ensure the protection of these women.
2) The article states that the situation will get worse once U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, but I think that there are better ways of ensuring the safety of women than being in another country aggressively, fighting a war. There are things other than occupying the country that the U.S. can do in order to make the country safer for women. Creating a coalition of women leaders would certainly be very beneficial for women, because it would really empower women as well as give them people in charge who respected women and their interests. It would be helpful if we could protect these women in charge as well, but not in an aggressive way, in a way that doesn’t involve occupying the country.
Shamim Zarei
ReplyDelete2nd period
I think the United States should protect the women that are living in Afghanistan. The things the men are doing to them is not right. Every one deserves education and freedom, race and gender should not come between these things. The women are being killed and the US can help change this.
My four goals include:
Making a group of women protesters: this will help attract other countries and will help the women become free.
Having the US stay protective: this will help calm the killing of the women in Afghanistan.
With Imams on the side of women: this will help Afghan give more freedom to women due to religious aspects.
Finally, having women leaders: will make equality in Afghan.
Claire Kern/PD 7
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is the moral duty of America to help the women of Afghanistan. We have been in Afghanistan for so long and we really need to finish the job we went there to do. I mean we have already decided to complete this task; we have the obligation to help the women of the country. The women are abused, taken advantage of, have little to no rights, and we need to help them immediately. It’s not fair to them that our country has all these rights for women while they suffer in silence.
CREATE A COALITION OF WOMEN LEADERS: The women of Afghanistan are going through a though time right now, as we all know. So if they had a women leader to look up to for hope, courage, and support, it would really help their emotional state of being. And women should have some power too! They deserve the same amount of respect as men.
MAKE SURE WOMEN CAN VOTE- Men are not the only ones with opinions you know! Women have ideas about politics and they should have the right to make their votes count for who will be the leader! It’s their country to you know!
IMAMS MUST BECOME ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN-Imams are some of the religious leaders of a Muslim community. They are highly respected people and if they supported women’s rights, many people would follow. And if other followed, they could also see that women deserve to have the same rights. Then action could be taken to make a change!
DIRECT AID TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES- The women in Afghanistan are exceedingly abused, killed, and so much more. It’s unreasonable violence and the women need help to overcome their physical and emotional pain.
Carly LeMoine
ReplyDeletePeriod 5
I don’t think that the United States has to help the women in Afghanistan but it would be the right thing to do. Every one is created equal and if the Afghan people cant see that then we should show it to them. It’s not fair to make women have less then men, especially when some women deserve it more the some men. The four goal, if they are accomplished could solve this problem. The first goal is to create a coalition of women leaders. This is a good idea because then whenever there is an issue about the fate of women there will be some people there that don’t want to cut their education. The second goal is make sure woman can vote, this is also good idea because they will vote for the person that with allow them an education. The third goal is Imams must become advocates for woman, I think that this goal will be hard to achieve but if it can be done it will help. The last goal is direct aid to support communities. This will help because the community will have enough money to send girls to school.
Kunal Lodaya
ReplyDelete1st period
12/6
In my opinion, the U.S. military has a moral duty to protect the human rights of anyone in Afghanistan, especially women. In such a male dominated society, it is our prerogative to induce a measure of equality. The female population in Afghanistan is already fighting for their rights, and deserves our support. Women are not the only discriminated group, however. Any other prejudice in the area should also be fought; after all, for what other reason do we need to be in Afghanistan, other than to improve its infrastructure and help its people?
Coalition of woman leaders: This would definitely improve their situation and give them the power to influence decisions in their area.
Women voting: Giving women the right to vote would greatly increase the power that they have over the government and their lawmakers.
Imam advocacy: The imams have power, and their support of women would grant them a great deal more respect.
Direct aid to support communities: I’m not sure that the U.S. has the funds to make a great impact in this issue, but it is necessary.
Sarah Taekman
ReplyDeletePeriod 5
In Afghanistan, women are constantly being segregated against. Even something as simple as a 14-year-old turning down a man’s marriage proposal results in the girl being killed. I believe the United States military has to play a big role in taking back Afghan women’s rights. Our motto is, “land of the free, home of the brave.” In order to keep our land the home of the brave, we need to be brave and help Afghan women become free. Yes, it’ll be hard to keep track of all the violence and discrimination occurring. But if we want Afghanistan to grow into a country where woman have just as many rights and just as much say in politics as men, we need to start protecting them.
The article listed four different goals that the author would help achieve Afghanistan’s goal of equal rights for women. The first one listed was: Create a coalition of women leaders. Let’s face it—women think differently than men. Therefore, the best way to accurately portray a woman’s views on politics is to actually have a woman represent at a meeting. And because women will have different views all throughout the country, the government needs multiple women to represent. I think this is a very logical idea. The second condition listed was: Make sure women can vote. This goes back to women needing to represent themselves. And what better ways to have the women do it themselves? The main problem would be having people not rig the vote, though. Part of the reason behind all this discrimination is due to Islam, and some people believing that it doesn’t want girls to have some privileges. That brings us to three: Imams must become advocates for women. Because they are spiritual leaders, the public will be more likely to listen to them than some random soldiers. Our final one is four: direct aid to support communities. Millions of dollars have been donated to this cause all ready; it’s just needed for individual towns now. When given the money, the communities will be able to deal with the mistreatment of women how they would like. There are too many places that the US military would have to cover, so having the towns take care of it themselves is a really good idea.
Connor Korfas
ReplyDelete1st period
12/6/12
I think that the United States definetly has the responsibility to help out these Afghanistan women. If our military is already in Afghanistan why not do all we can to help. Not only is this the moral thing to do but also by empowering these women we are indirectly fighting the Taliban. By giving them the right to vote and participate in negotiations they can vote against Taliban candidates and ideas. This will help cleanse the Afghanistan government of corruption and in the long run make the United States a safer place in the long run. In the words of Jackson Cabell, “stop all of this craziness in Afghanistan”.
Create a coalition of women leaders: By them being represented in negotiations and discussions involving the rights of women. They are then able to better secure those rights and not just have them pushed away. This also gives the women a chance to speak out against the Taliban influences in the country.
Make sure women can vote: By giving the women the right to vote they are able to secure their rights. They also are able to vote against Taliban officials and ideals.
Imams must become advocates for women: These advocates will then fight for women rights and also create opportunities for this women to learn and become more educated.
Direct aid to support communities: While the army may be gone we must still have some people still in Afghanistan to provide support to this country in need.
Hanna Siekierski
ReplyDelete1st Period
December 6, 2012
In Afghanistan, the level of safety for women is not what it should be. I believe that it is the duty and responsibility of the United States military to help those women live safer lives in their country. Even though these safety issues are not happening in the U.S. and they aren't affecting us directly, doesn't mean that the United States can just ignore them. They should still be giving help to countries like Afghanistan who need it. Another thing is that if the women were left there without having proper safety and the ability to go to school, the Taliban will basically have won. If the United States does not assist in creating the opportunity for those women to be able to vote, go to school, and be safe in their own homes and country, then all of their previous efforts will have been pointless and a waste of the people's lives that were lost.
There are four basic goals that need to be achieved before the U.S. troops can depart from Afghanistan. The first of these four goals is to create a coalition of women leaders. The development of this coalition will help when there are problems associated with women's rights and I think that assembling this coalition will be very helpful. The second goal is to make sure that the women there are able to vote. If this goal is achieved then women will have an input on what happens in Afghanistan. It will also give the women more control in matters. Thirdly, the U.S. wants to make the imams into advocates for the women there. Making the imams advocates will be helpful when it comes to women's rights and safety. This is also a good idea because Afghanistan is a religious society. The fourth goal is to direct aid to support the communities. This goal will help them see that they are essential to the economical and political processes and will make them feel like they are a necessary part of it. Overall, these four goals will help bring women to higher standard and give them more control in Afghanistan.
In my opinion, the United States of America doesn’t have the responsibility to help the women of Afganistan because I think it is the responsibility of the Afganistan government to help it’s own people. While I don’t think it is the responsibility of the US to help the people there, from a moral perspective the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteOne thing the US government could do is set up a strong and equal education system to create brighter futures for the children of Afganistan. Also if we set up a strong central government that protects its people, that should decrease the violence. But one of the main things that would help the women of Afganistan would be to have represenation in the government.
Create a coalition of women leaders: This is important because without strong women leaders working together, their voices will be drowned out when it comes to making choices that protect women and girls in their country.
Make sure women can vote: Women need equal represenation in their government in order to fight against the Taliban and make sure that the decisions that are made are good for them as well as men.
Imams must become advocates for women: This is a good idea because the Imams are influential in their society. They can protect women and girls and they can educate the population in general about the changes.
Direct aid to support communities: Giving money directly to communities would keep the money from being wasted by the government and it would help to build stronger economic ties between the Afgan people and the United States. It would aso go to help families instead of giving money to war lords, terrorists, and armies.
I think that the US military definitely has a moral responsibility to help these Afghan women, even though these women aren't in our country, people treating women like this is unacceptable, and what the soldiers do overseas reflects on America.
ReplyDeletecreate a coalition of women leaders:if they have representatives that have more in common with the people they represent, and have experienced similar circumstances, they are more likely to make better decisions to benefit their community.
Make sure women can vote: If women are allowed to vote, then this kind of event could have been prevent because allowing women to vote would allow them to be heard by the people.
Imams must become advocates for women: is definitely something that would help the women gain more equality.
Direct air support communities: Women would be better equipped to defend them selves, and have more connection with other places.
America is really good at helping other people who are in need. Therefore we have our military in Afghan. Because the Taliban is using violence and are making an example of how powerful they are, it might be a good idea to have the U.S. military there to make sure the Taliban will not be so quick to strike. Afghan women are being unfairly subjected to violence just for being a woman with an opinion.
ReplyDeleteThese four points are used to organize the plan to maintain our influence in Afghan.
Create a coalition of women leaders- I think it's very important to have a group of powerful women as role models for everyone, especially girls/women who need to be ensured that they can have opinions and express themselves.
Make sure women can vote- If women can vote, not only will they be able to express their ideas and vote for what they believe in, but it also represents a big step forward for women's rights. It shows that the future for women is promising.
Imams must become advocates for women- by having the influence of religion providing its support for women, then maybe people (specifically men) will see that if Imams accept women's rights, then they should too.
Direct aid to support communities: the U.S. has spent a lot of money in order for justice to be served. If America doesn't properly manage the money that they have directed towards the communities, then the money will be wasted and the cause will be lost and wasted.
These are all good points that will ensure that women's rights will soon be accepted by everyone.
Julianna Turner
ReplyDeleteDecember 6, 2012
Most people have the moral obligation to help people in need. Whether they are sick, homeless, hungry; or in this case, without rights. But whether the United States has the responsibility to help these women is another question. I do not think that the United States must go fight for them so they be treated more fairly. Although it may be in the best interests of equality and feminism, it is not a requirement for our country to fight for them. It may be in our best interests to help these women out because equality is one of the fundamental principles our great nation was built on. The only reason we became the Nation we are today was because we stood together to guarantee that each person had the same rights as the person standing next to them; despite the color of their skin, what gender they are, or what god they pray to. Therefore it would be hypocritical not to stand up and fight for the rights of the Afghan women. On the other hand, many Americans thought it was pointless to even begin our war with Afghanistan. They thought that we were “meddling” with the affairs of other countries and it was not our business. It would be hypocritical of those citizens to say that we should help these women, because is that not meddling in the business of Afghanistan even more? America has many things to consider, whichever way they decide to go will upset people. They also have to acknowledge our budget and whether or not we even have the resources to take on such an expensive job. In conclusion, I think that the United States should help these women, but it is not their responsibility.
I think that one crucial step in helping the women before we leave is to grant them power. If women gain positions in the government, they would gain prestige and would also be in a position to promote women's rights. This way, women could directly address the problem and act quickly because they know firsthand what is happening in society. We must also try to establish laws prohibiting such violence against women. One of the reasons these attacks keep happening is because the men know they will get away with it. Laws must be put in place with clear punishments and they must be enforced. Laws are nothing but words on a piece of paper if there is no one to hold people to them. Another way to promote the Afghan women’s lives is to organize schools and establish an education for them. If women are educated, they will not be seen as such a lesser being and will be treated appropriately. If women are educated, they can have a better occupation which will lead to independence and respect. Lastly, I think that there should be an emergency number similar to 911 that people can call if another incident happens. This way the people will feel safer and more protected, while the attackers will not be able to be so upfront in their attacks. If it gets harder to assault women in such a way, most likely the number of incidents will decrease until the crime is under control. There are many other things that the United States could do to help, these are only a few ideas.
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ReplyDeleteEmily Ball, Period 1
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to war with Afganistan, our main goal was to protect women and end their feelings of oppression. Personally, I do think that it is th US's duty to protect them. What would you do if you caught someone being beat, raped, or being hurt and nothing they could do about it, what would you do? Anyway that we can help would make a difference to them, and i think we should do our absolute best to help.
create a coalition of women leaders: This is important because if women cant speak for themselves, then what will they be able to stand for?
Make sure women can vote: By making sure women can vote, it will give women some power(which is just a start). It can make them feel like they are starting to be able to9 do something, and it might even inspire them to try and do omething for themselves.
Imams must become advocates for women: This would help the Afgan women gain support and equality in Afganistan.
Direct air support communities: This can help women defend theirselves aginanst these terrible people that are harming them. They can be ready at amy tome to be attacked, and defending themselves would be a huge help
Yes, I do believe that the US armed forces of a moral duty to increase the rights of Afghan women. This is because the US stands for equality and we can’t have this much power in a country without trying to promote equality for all. Despite equality for women being an important goal, I believe that there are still other goals that are more important.
ReplyDeleteThe first goal that is posed is to make a coalition of female leaders. I don’t completely agree with this goal because on topics that that group decides on men will have no say. I certainly do believe in the second goal that women should be able to vote in Afghanistan. The third goal is that imams must become advocates for women. I personally don’t like this goal because you can’t force people to change their religious views. The final goal is provide support. I agree with that.
I think that it would be very irresponsible of the U.S. to just leave Afghanistan without first setting up ways for the people of Afghanistan to fight against in Taliban in their own way. For example through voting and political rights. In my opinion I think that after going to war with Afghanistan, it would be pointless to leave the country vulnerable just so it may get sucked back in the Taliban’s power. So before all our troops out we must help Afghanistan restore some order, and put in place some rules to give women more power and prevent the Taliban from regaining control.
ReplyDeleteCreate a coalition of women leaders. I think this is one of the most important things americans can help with before we leave Afghanistan. Women leaders will be key in protecting women’s rights, expanding the education of Afghan women as well as providing strong role models for young Afghan girls. I feel that if we give a lot of the power to the strong women of the country they will be able to help themselves-a lot.
Make sure women can vote. As I said the more power women have in Afghanistan the more they can help themselves, an essential part of this is voting. Of course Afghan women will vote for a strong woman leader, unless of course they feel threatened. Before americans leave they should definitely focus a big part of their attention on making women feel like they can, and should vote.
Imams must become advocates for women. Another thing America should do before leaving is spread these programs and get more Afghan girls involved in them to make more women advocates.
Direct aid to support communities. Americans must inspire Afghan girls to take action, to become women advocates, and to stop being afraid of the Taliban. One of the biggest things we can do for afghan women would be to inspire them to take action, and give the hope that if they do they will help end the reign of the Taliban.
This is a very very serious issue. The fact that men think it is okay to treat women like they do in these countries is absolutely outstanding. It is something that absolutely needs to change and be fixed. When a child is killed because of the way these people treat women, that is a sign that things need to change. I think the US normally should not get involved in other countries business, but if they aren't working on it then I think we should step in and help out to fix this countries ways.
ReplyDeleteAnna Grace Kelley
ReplyDelete12/6/12
Period 7
Personally, I do think that it is the American military’s moral duty and responsibility to protect these Afghan women. We have been present in their lives both protecting them and promoting equality for so long that it would be a crime to just leave these women to fend for themselves. In a sense, the United States has not completed what they promised the Afghan people they would do, so they have a moral duty to not just abandon these people. So before our troops leave Afghanistan, they need to make sure that the Afghan women are protected and safe.
The best way to achieve this is to make sure that we create a government of leaders who understand equality and the importance of women. Maybe creating laws like that women are allowed to vote to make sure people get the message. The United States military doesn’t nessessarily have to stay in Afghanistan for much longer, but we need to make sure that the women are protected and this comes from leadership.
This current event is called “saving afghan woman” and this article is talking about how violence in Afghanistan is worse every day and especially for woman. Last week two men killed a woman because the woman didn’t marry one of the men. This was one day before the new legislation law came out and protected afghan woman. I don’t think that United States military is responsible for all this violence. But I do think that the United States military should help afghan woman and stop all this injustice. Also I think that before the U.S troops leave they should make a law which secures woman’s rights and donate money to their community’s.
ReplyDeleteEmily Chang
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12/7
I think that the US military has some sort of duty to protect these women. It doesn't really need to be official or anything like that, just something done out of concern. These women don't really have anyone else to rely on, and it would be difficult to protect themselves. The military doesn't need to be violent, just assert that these women are equals and not be susceptible to this kind of treatment.
2. I think that the US should show Afghanistan examples of how helpful and productive women can be in a light of equality. This may help them understand that women cannot be treated this way. Also, they should state that they will come back to defend these women if the situation arises.
Blake Rasnake
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1) I do think.that the United States does have the moral duty to protect the Afgan women from all of the bad things happeninh to them. It is the right thing to do because we don't want anyone to go through what they are going through right now. They are being killed, beaten and so many other things happening to them. If we let something like this happen to the afgan women it just just as much out fault if we don't do anything to help. In the article it says one of the reasons we went to war is to protect the women an we need to keep our promise.
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1) Create a coalition of woman leaders- This will give women a chance to make laws and also have imputbon what goes on.
2)Make sure women can vote- it gives women a chance to be heard for what they think and not what other people think.
3) Ismams must become advocates for women- They will be able to do more to support the region.
4) Direct aid to support communities- They need to be able to get what they need or things will not get better.
Isabelle Alzona
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I do believe that the United States military has moral duties to protect the rights of Afghan women. If the United States won’t help the women of Afghanistan then who will? We’ll leave those women alone and unprotected from the Taliban. We’ve put our money, time, troops, and hearts into this war. A war that has lain heavy on our minds for 12 years now. If we come away from that war without giving the Afghan women their rights, the consequences could be horrific. Imagine that there are these soldiers in your country trying to stop the damage being done. And you think there will finally be an end to women’s inequities, but the soldiers leave. They leave with out giving the women any help for equal rights. That is a situation that must not happen in Afghanistan.
Create a Coalition of women leaders. This will make sure the men aren’t deciding things they don’t even understand. It will give women a voice in the area of politics. The next thing people need to do is make sure women can vote. If women can’t vote then women as a whole won’t have a voice. It gives them a sense of freedom and responsibility. Also imams must become advocates for women. Afghanistan is a very religious country. If imams were to be for women, people’s deeply routed opinions might start to change. The fourth thing we need is direct aid for communities. The United States has been fighting this war for a long time; we need to give a little more to make sure people have the help they need.
Sam Nielsen
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I think that the United States certainly has an obligation to protect the rights of these women. A country that advocates freedom and equality can not just stand by and do nothing as women are treated horribly and unjustly in Afghanistan. I think that if enough effort is put into it, then the US can make a difference in how these women are treated. I realize that now the US is getting out of Afghanistan, but they should make sure the government itself will take care of the situation. A large reason the US went into Afghanistan was to end terrorism there, and right now the things that are happening to some women could be classified as terrorism.
Create a coalition of women leaders: I think that this is one of the most reasonable and diplomatic solutions available. If the Afghan government makes sure this exists, then women will have a much stronger foot hold in the fight for equal rights.
Make sure women can vote: This is very important as it definitely balances the playing field some. With men being the only ones that can vote, there is almost a certainty that women will not get what they want. Making this happen is vital for women's rights.
Imams must become advocates for women: Imams have a great influence on many people in Afghanistan and their support of women's rights would eliminate any argument there is that Islam limits what women can do. Of all the things they can do, this is the one that will actually persuade men into the mind set that women are their equals.
Direct aid to support communities: This may not support women's rights quite as directly, but the presence of the United States helping people out will allow women to do what they need to do. I think that the US should definitely make sure women get support and have a say as to where the support goes.
Joy Stouffer
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1) I think that the United States does have a moral duty to protect Afghan women. It is not ethical to refuse to help anyone in need. Since we are in Afghanistan at the present moment, we definitely need to help. Afghan women have few ways to protect themselves already. I remember reading a story about an Afghan girl who was shot because she spoke out against the government. We should help them.
2) 1. Create a coalition of women leaders: If this is achieved, then women will have more power.
2. Make sure women can vote: This way, women can have a say in the government.
3. Imams must become advocates for women: Women will be treated better.
4. Direct aid to support communities: This will justify the money we spent and will help the Afghan women.
Avery Scope-Crafts
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Personally, I think that the US military definatly has a moral duty to protect not just these women, but where these things are happening all over the world. There is nothing written anywhere statin that this must be done, and yet it has to be. These women need help, and we have the potential to give it to them. Our military and other armed forcesdoesn't dont need to add to the violence, they need to show that women do have equal rights.
Befor our troops leave, we need to do:
1)CREATE A COALITION OF WOMEN LEADERS- this is key because we need women in government positions.
2)MAKE SURE WOMEN CAN VOTE- It will help with women having more control
3)IMAMS MUST BECOME ADVOCATES FOR WOMEN- They can help spread support for religion all throught their home.
4)DIRECT AID TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES- This will give women more education so women can be the biggest advocates for themselves
I think that everyone should have the right to an education, so that they have a chance to prosper. I think it is important that women in Afghanistan are granted that. However we have seen that problems arise when the United States tries to play world policeman. The wars in Vietnam and Iraq have brought about the deaths of many people. I think it is important that steps are taken to insure the security and well being of Afghan women, but it is imperative that we proceed carefully.
ReplyDeleteGoal 1 Create a coalition of women leaders: I think this goal is very important. Women need to be able to have say about their futures and that of their daughters. Also, look where a leadership of men has gotten us.
Goal 2 Make sure women can vote: Again I think that women having a say is one of the biggest and most important steps we can take. If we can voice our opinions where it is needed most, change can occur.
Goal 3 Imams must become advocates for women: One of the delicate things about this process is the heavy religious influence on the country. If religious laws are not paid attention to, we could have a big problem on our hands. I also believe that if the country wants, it should be able to continue with its religious ideals, as long as the ones that jeopardize rights are eliminated.
Goal 4 Direct aid to support communities: This goal is also very important in insuring that the Afghan women are involved in the changes that need to happen in their communities, and the resources are going to the people who can use them best.
Lily E.
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1. I do think that the military has a responsibility to protect women from violence. We can't force social change on another country; If we tried, people would feel resentful and like we were attacking their culture. However, we can encourage discussion of the equality of women. I think that we should help women speak out about their opinions on the matter (and also guarantee their safety if they do so).
2. Creating a coalition of women leaders sounds like a great idea, but is vague. What influence would they have? Could their safety be guaranteed? Who would choose them? When? I agree with allowing women to vote, of course. It will allow women to participate as citizens and have a say in government. Teaching imams to support women is also a good idea, because people listen to their religious leaders. However, how many imams-in-training will be willing to be taught about how they should lead by people from America, who are relatively unlikely to be Muslim? I'm sure the people who act on the plan will proceed tactfully and respectfully. I don't think the final goal is unique to Afghanistan. It sounds just like humanitarian aid all around the world. It will help people in need (if the article if referring to money), and will provide emotional support for women (if the article means "direct support" in terms of sending real, live people to talk to women).
Emily Molina
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I personally believe that it is mostly the women of Afghanistan that need to fight for their rights. It is there problem and it only concerns their well-being. If they want it badly enough, I would think that they would fight for it. Then again, it is understandable that they are really apprehensive about speaking out because it is not completely out of the norm for them to be killed for doing so. So this is where the US military, or anyone else for that matter, should step in to protect these women from harm. The women of Afghanistan do not deserve to be treated like pets and should be given a chance to stand up for what they believe in. The military would just be their for moral support and protection from any radical men who think that they have a right to kill the women.
Creating a coalition of women specifically for the negotiation of womens' right seems like a very effective idea. These women would able to give good perspective and insight into the problems facing girls and women today and use their power to correct them. The coalition would then be able to make sure that women can vote, which is the next goal of the US military. Giving women this power would probably encourage a lot of them, as well as help elect leaders in the country that respect women as they do men. Furthermore, it would be fantastic if the religious leaders, like the imams, could advocate for womens' rights as well since they hold so much influence over the people of Afghanistan. While the Islamic church may not hold true political power in the sense that a president does, they can certainly sway they way people act by adding religious aspects to the issues. Direct aid communities in Afghanistan would not only benefit women, but almost every other person as well. People could get medical help and emotional help for the issues that they are suffering from. As a combination of these four goals, Afghanistan would be on a good path towards an effective government and a smoother society.
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12/7/12
1.i believe that we should just back off and let the women fight for their own freedom. i think that because it would hurt the relations (not that its not bad already) between us and Afghan. and if worse comes to worse there will be more casualties between everyone that we do not need.
2.i think we should always be ready to help when needed but we should give it time to see what happens before charging in and killing more people. and like it said we should make sure women get their rights but not take control of the government.
Annelise ter Horst
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Although Afghan women and girls have been treated horribly by the Taliban, I do not think it is our responsibility to protect them. Unites States troops weren't put in Afghanistan to help the Afghan women. While helping them would be a good thing to do for their situation, we have to think about the stability of our country before we go around trying to fix everyone else. I am not going to go to the extreme in saying that our situation is worse than afghanistan, that is not true. But we face problems of our own that we need to fix, like the deficit and jobs being cut. I believe we should try to help those people when we can, but there are many problems in this world that people are facing. We cannot fix everything as a nation and we should not feel bad that we cannot make another country’s situation better, for some things we cannot change.
Create a coalition of women leaders.
Strength in numbers. I am all for this because women will have more power over their situation because they will be stronger together.
Make sure women can vote.
Voting is key when being a part of a community, and without this they are following along with what everyone else says, they need to stick up for themselves and their beliefs.
Imams must become advocates for women.
Many muslims look up to and respect Imams, and if they were to back up the women, the community will support women too.
Direct aid to support communities.
This will help as well because the communities in afghan need more than moral support from their community. We should not be the only country that does this, it would be easier for them if more people were supporting them.
Kaitlin Hill
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I think that the United States does have a moral obligation to help these young women in Afghanistan. The tragedies that these poor girls and their families are facing are inexcusable; it needs to be stopped. If the government over there is unable to help these victims and prevent anything like this from happening again, then someone else has to. The United States has the ability to help protect these girls, so we should be doing everything we can to do so. People need to help other people, if we do not follow these basic rules of kindness and morale, then how can we expect help when our people need it?
Create a coalition of women leaders: This will give the women more responsibility and power.
Make sure women can vote: This is how important laws will be passed. By giving them this right, women will be able to have a say in the government and important issues that affect them on a daily basis.
Imams must become advocates for women: If this happens women will hopefully be treated better and with more respect.
Direct aid to support communities: These people need help. They are living in extreme poverty and aid will help them survive so these changes can start to take place.
I think the United States is morally obligated to assist the women of Afghanistan due to the extremely unbalanced power between the typical Afghan female and the average Afghan male. Changes the United States have made, specifically education, are snowballing the already swelled abusers' fury towards the Afghan women's augmentation of additional rights.
ReplyDeleteThe four major goals that would be essential to establish would be the basic rights of what we have. Education, of course, would be the main one. It is such an important thing because it really levels the playing field for the males and females of Afghanistan. Another major addition would be the ability to vote. With the ability to vote comes with the ability to overthrow unjust ideas, peoples, laws, and other things. A coalition of women leaders would definitely help with the power struggle. Lastly, providing support would assist the women.
Takoda Ren
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13th current event
Of course the U.S. has a moral duty to protect Afghanistan, but the problem is, we are already in a lot of debt and other countries should also have the moral duty to protect Afghanistan too. I think the problem lies within the U.S. getting involved in too many things, while other countries do little, all recent wars and stuff like Bin laden had the U.S. involved, I thinks it is the time that other countries should be involved in these world problems.
Create a coalition of women leaders: This might work if they are viewed as wielding power by the Afghans. Imams must become advocates for women; I personally do not understand the point of this. Direct aid to support communities, Care packages would be good to help the women who are fighting for their rights. Make sure women can vote, this is most important but probably the hardest to achieve.
Alexis Ramirez
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´Honors World History
12-7-12
1) I think that the United States military does has a moral duty to protect these women. Yes because the Taliban can grow their power and it can cause problems for the U.S in the future. Also if in America has rights then the women in Afghanistan should have rights too. Its not the responsibility for the U:S military but they want to help them and do the right thing and I have respect for what the U.S military is not just protecting our country but others like Afghanistan. But like Daisy Khan the author of the article she says that the U.S had three objectives in the Afghan war- capturing Osama Bin Laden, defeating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, and protecting the Afghan women and their rights.
2a) Create a coalition of women leaders: A coalition of Afghan women to be created with the mandate of providing counsel every time an issue of women's, girls rights is negotiating on the table.
2b) Make sure women can vote: That the United States make sure that the Afghan elections don't collapse and women get to vote.
2c) Imams must become advocates for women: Afghan need to resolve their conflicts so the Imams become advocates for the women and girls rights.
2d) Direct aid to support communities: That the U.S has 2 years to take part so the the Afghan women and their community leaders can resist the Taliban.
Hope Davison
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If America had three goals to accomplish when we went to war (including protecting Afghan women), and if Afghan women are being treated so wrongly as they are now, then it is pretty clear to me, at least, that we aren’t finished. I’m aware that the military have fought for so long have already done so much, but still, it’s not over. It’s the 21st century and Afghan women are suffering. They can’t vote, and they can even be beaten by their husbands in certain circumstances, and that’s legal. Anyone in their right mind can see that’s not acceptable, even if it’s in a whole other country. Should we pull out, these injustices can and probably will escalate further. Yes, I think the Afghan women themselves should be fighting for their rights, but isn’t it obvious that’s a task they can’t do on their own? If we make the women fend for themselves under the circumstances they are already in, I really don’t see them winning in the near future.
a. This is a good idea, having women included in decision making of the country. When their rights are being debated on a table, who would better know how to manage them other than a woman herself, right?
b. Afghan women should absolutely be able to vote. This issue is far overdue. However, since it’s a given strong, united women can push back the Taliban, there could be danger for them, regarding the Taliban attacking them.
c. Supporting the cause of imams becoming women’s advocates is a great idea. The women would probably feel safer outing their opinions to a representing voice.
d. If America spent that much money on Afghan aid, we should see it through that if the women are able to vote, they won’t be attacked by the Taliban. I’m sure living in Afghanistan and having the threat of the Taliban constantly on you is a terrifying thing. Making sure the communities feel safe and that they are able to resist the Taliban themselves will ensure that our billions of dollars of aid money was put to good use.
George McBurney
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I feel undecided about this situation. I disagree with what is happening concerning Afghan women, and how they are being treated. No one should ever be treated, as they are whether it’s because of their race, gender, religion or anything of the sort. But on the other hand, I think that America tends to stick noses into other countries business that we should not. We should just let other countries fight their own battles.
The United States must create a coalition of women leaders. This would provide Afghanistan with women leaders to help women keep their new rights and powers after US troops leave Afghanistan. The U.S must make sure women can vote. This would ensure that women get a say. This would make voting more accurately reflect the people. Imams must become advocates for women. This would help by supporting the women and believing in what they can do.
Sophie Heins
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I strongly disagree with the way Afghan women are treated. They have so few rights. They are denied the basic human rights. Its just wrong. Even mass murderers shouldn't be treated that way. Much less just for gender.
The USA needs to create a powerful female influence. It will help spur on the women in countries like that one. It will help them rise up, and take charge of their own lives.
In my opinion i believe that if the woman in Afghanastan are asking for the help of America then we should help with a small part but i also believe that we the U.S.A should try to stay out of Afghanastan just because American has fought with the county and has had some issues with them.
ReplyDeleteI think that woman's all over the world should have a right to vote and have an education. I think woman in Afghanastans should fight for what they believe in and should be able to vote like men.
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ReplyDeleteShomya Mitra
Honors World History, 5th Period
In regards to the US Army's responsibility towards Afghan women, I think the Army should absolutely help these victims. The women in Afghanistan are being treated very badly and they need someone to protect their rights. In this case, it is the US Army. The Taliban treats women terribly and the Army is in the best position to help. This is why I think the army has a responsibility to these women.
For the first goal, creating a group of woman leaders, I think that is a great idea. In Afghanistan the culture is largely made up of male domination and women helping in the country's leadership would make the country more fair and equal, representing both sexes. I feel the same way about the second goal, where women should be able to vote. Voting would affect the government just like women in the government would, and this would lead to a better society overall. With women having a say in what the government does, the ruling faction will be more fair and representative. The third goal (about those imams) also makes sense like the other two. Muslim officials involved in women's rights will profoundly change how the country views women. This is because since Afghanistan is a Muslim country, anything imams do will affect the culture as a whole. Lastly, for the fourth goal of financial support, this goal makes a lot of sense because the world runs on money. If the US helps Afghan communities with financial aid, they will become more able to help their country. All these goals have sound bases in common sense.
I think what is happening to the women in Afghanistan is terrible, but I don't believe that it is the job of the US to come and help. As a counrty we do have our own problems that we need to solve before we get cought up in other people's problems. But if our military stepping in is the only way to help these Afghan women I obviously support it.
ReplyDeleteThe first goal that is posed is to make a coalition of female leaders. I do agree with this goal because I think women should choose what they think is best for women. . I certainly do believe in the second goal that women should be able to vote in Afghanistan. The third goal is that imams must become advocates for women. I don't particularly like this goal because a step such as this could have people changing religions unwantingly. The final goal is provide support. I think no matter who you are you should always support someone who is having a hard time.
Kurt Griarte
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I think that since the Afghan women want to have more freedom and more rights, then they should be able to have these rights. The US has been in Afghanistan for a long time fighting and we want to help the Afghan women gain more rights. If we give up half way through how will everyone view that? We cannot give up or else all that effort will have been wasted. We need to see change and movement towards what the US has been working towards for so long. The US does have a moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women because that is one of the three goals of the Afghan war.
The US must create a coalition of women leaders. This would provide Afghanistan with strong women leaders to help let women keep their new rights and powers after US troops leave Afghanistan. The US must make sure women can vote. This would make sure that women get a say and be able to input their opinion. This would make voting more accurately reflect the people. Imams must become advocates for women. This would help by supporting the women and believing in what they can do. This would give them courage and help them stand up against those who want to stop them. The US also needs to direct aid to support communities. If we have come so far, we should finish what we started. Communities need aid to help continue resisting the Taliban. All of these things are very important in helping women achieve their goals. This would positively affect women’s lives and make a big difference.
Harrison Young
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I am all for womens rights and equality but the fact that people want american military to help cant work because we cant change their laws because we are a whole other country. We want to help them very badly but we cant because it is another country and we want to change their laws on womens rights but we cant.
Four ideas have been set in to try to help women's rights. First, form a women's coalition. This thought could possibly work but due to the fact that women are considered a lower class, I feel even with a group of women they will still not be able to stop the government. Second idea, get women to vote. This is a good idea in my opinion because once you are able to get women to vote then that will move women up in society giving them a "better name" for themselves. Third idea, imams must become advocates for women. This is a great idea because it gets everything involved in religion and a lot of the Afghan society is based off of religion and when you try to mix the women in with the religion it helps a whole lot. Because if you form the womens rights to "mesh" with religion then the government may be able to make some deal. The last one is Direct aid to support communities. This helps but it may not help enough because money isnt problem. If you work to help women's rights that will help but money in my opinion wont.
Ashley Yang
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1. I think that Afghan women are being treated unfairly and it is the United States military’s moral duty and responsibility to protect them. I think this because we have been there for a long time fighting against injustices there and this is one of them. Even though the main reason for the armies to be stationed in Afghanistan is to fight terrorism, another reason should be to protect the women there. Also, as stated in the article, if Afghan women are treated with injustice, the Taliban have won. I think this is more moral duty than responsibility because the women there can stand up for their own rights, but our values teach us that it is wrong how they are being treated. Our responsibility is still to protect them, but to protect Afghan women was not our main objective.
2. Create a coalition of women leaders: I think this is important because women should have a say in issues especially regarding younger kids. By being a leader, this shows that women are capable and are strong too.
Make sure women can vote: I think this is important because if they aren’t allowed to vote, the decisions would not be taking in to account much of the population. Being able to vote is also very important and contributes to saying that women have rights.
Imams must become advocates for women: I think support from anyone is important at this point. Because this is not happening in the US, it’s much harder to control, so it is important to get support and advocates.
Direct aid to support communities: I think this is important too because its not enough to plan out things if they are not put into action.
Harish Prasad
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I believe that it is the United States’ moral duty and responsibility to protect Afghan women for the injustices they are facing. These women have been beaten, killed, terrorized, and denied education, and basically deprived basic human rights, just because of their gender. We cannot ignore their terrible suffering if we are truly a helpful country. Also, another reason we should go and protect the Afghan women is because we went to war in Afghanistan to fight the Taliban and al-Qaeda. This deterred these terrorist groups from carrying out these atrocities on women and little girls. However, if we move out of Afghanistan at this point without training their soldiers on how to protect their country, the Taliban will start to perpetrate atrocities on the people of this country once again. We made a commitment to protect them and I think we should stick to the commitment. The U.S must take action and not withdraw the troops before training the Afghani soldiers.
We should create a coalition of women leaders. Creating a group of women to argue for their own rights in Afghanistan is very important. If we put women in on the decisions for their own rights, they will argue much more passionately and will present a better case than regular men would. I strongly support this idea.
Women must have the right to vote. This is another large step in extending Afghan women rights. If women can truly vote, then they will finally have a say in the handling of their country. I support working to allow women to vote, because if they can’t vote they will continue to have no saying for what is going on in the country.
Imams must become advocates for women. The Islam religious leaders have lots of influence in Afghanistan. People will go off what they say. If imams can become advocates for women, then other people will too. I think that would be a great idea.
There has to be direct aid to support communities. The U.S. has already spent lots of money fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan. For this money to be justified, we must give a little more aid to ensure women get the support they need. This would be a big change for the U.S’ economy.
Current Event #13: Saving Afghan Women before U.S. Exit
ReplyDeleteKeith Segars
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I think that the U.S. military has a moral duty to protect women’s rights in the Middle East. I believe that the U.S. military needs to end the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan and it was also one of the principles that the U.S. armed forces went into Afghanistan to try and solve. But I also think that the Middle Eastern governments should also be responsible for women rights. The United States armed forces can only help with this problem to an extent. The governments of the Middle East will ultimately have to make sure the laws are passed as well as enforced.
Create a coalition of women leaders: I think that this is a very good idea for creating an equal opportunity for women. If women can talk about their own rights rather than just men it will be a giant step in the right direction, also to have females opinions on other political stuff.
Make sure women can vote: I also think this is very important and one of the main reasons the U.S. came to the Middle East. I think this is the first step in a road to a democracy.
Imams must become advocates for women: I think this is also very much needed so the people not only know that women rights are acceped but encouraged in the Muslim faith.
Direct aid to support communities: I think this one is not as important as the others due to the fact that they are trying to get equal rights and not out of poverty.
Jeffrey He
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The level of safety for women in Afghanistan is not what it should be. I do believe that it is the U.S. military’s moral duty and responsibility to help them become safer in their own country. These women have been beaten, killed, terrorized, and denied education, and basically deprived basic human rights, just because of their gender. By giving them the right to vote and participate in negotiations they can vote against Taliban candidates and ideas. This will help cleanse the Afghanistan government of corruption and in the long run make the United States a safer place in the long run.
We should create a coalition of women leaders. Creating a group of women to argue for their own rights in Afghanistan is very important. Make sure women can vote; this way, women can have a say in the government.
I think the US has a moral duty to lead or participate in an effort to protect Afghan women. However, the US should not be the only nation involved in this effort. The US should only help a country to a certain extent because they will eventually have to withdraw their help. If so much help is needed, the leader of this project should be the UN, not a specific country.
ReplyDeleteCreate a coalition of women leaders: Women need a chance to speak for themselves if they want rights equal to men. Since they are under-represented they cannot present opinion suitable for their goals.
Make sure women can vote: This is related to the previous one. Women need to be represented in the government and need to be part of the decision-making processes.
Imams must become advocates for women: Imams are heads of the community and if they can spread the message, a lot more people would begin to listen.
Direct aid to support communities: This should only be done to a certain extent, as I said previously. Once the aid is stopped it will be hard for them to get back on their feet. At first, some aid should be provided but it should slowly be decreased.
Anna Zurliene
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I believe the U.S. definitely has a moral duty to help these women. Not only have we destroyed a lot of what they had, but it would also be a reassurance for our country that we can help others. It’s good that their eyes have been opened to the multiple problems their country faces and I feel like they need to help them because they would not want their wives and daughters to be slaughtered and have people getting away with it every day. This is a great injustice because the world could not run without girls and the Afghans haven’t even given it thought that women are very intelligent if given the chance to aspire. There is so much tension within the country and so much hatred among them, that I believe it is the U.S’ moral duty to provide them with help. In the U.S., women’s importance has been noticed in society, so why not spread our knowledge?
Create a coalition of women leaders: This seems to be a good idea, but I don’t understand how they are planning on making this happen because obviously it is not possible for women to give their opinion. If they somehow got approval though, it would be a strong force I’m sure and it would probably help women develop in the government because it would be realized the good input they have and they steps they are willing to take to achieve a better country.
Make sure women can vote: Again, not really sure how this is going to happen but if women could vote then there would be a lot of differentiation in who was running the country, and this could help develop the women’s rights and the gentleness of their country, because that is generally what a women going through such rough situations would want, is someone strong but sensitive.
Imams must become advocates for women: This seems a little unrealistic because if the Muslim beliefs weren’t so strict then there wouldn’t be a need for then to try and persuade the Imams to help women, because they would do it without question. Someone so high up on the religious scale doesn’t seem likely to quickly change their ways of thinking, but I f they could it could influence a lot of people.
Direct aid to support communities: This one seems like a very good idea because this matter is something the U.S. seems very passionate about so I’m sure they are willing to help aid the women. Through the aid, people may start to believe that women are persuasive and could really help their country, especially since the U.S. is on their side.
Wenbo Wang
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12/07/2012
Saving Afghan Women before U.S. Exit
Women in the past were not treated equally. While owning the responsibility to complete household chores, the women would not have adequate time to receive an education, or go to work outside the home. Being the ideals of the earlier era, some countries today retain the same lifestyle for the women of their countries; limiting their status and rights in political, economic, and social related fields. I believe it is a moral duty and responsibility for the United States military and other nations to protect the Afghan women from prejudice and injustices in their homeland; for every women in the world should obtain equal rights as men, and countries successful in providing rights and privileges to the women of their own country-such as women’s suffrage provided by the United States through the 19th Amendment- will hold recommendations for women rights to be successfully established in other countries. By owning the right to vote and other rights, Afghan women may be the key to a powerful, successful government under the approval of the people, preventing forces such as the Taliban from taking control from tribalism.
The four major goals that must be achieved before the country loses its position in Afghanistan are as follows;
1) Create a coalition of women leaders: by forming an alliance between prominent Afghan women in a political effort to allow women to have a voice in the counsel on women and girl’s rights is a strategic method to make council decisions unbiased. As shown in the article, Karzai’s “code of conduct” has limited female Afghans in many aspects of life. This would be preventable with a coalition of women leaders.
2) Make sure women can vote: By checking the Afghan elections for legitimacy, election monitors are also planned for the women’s voice in their votes against the Taliban to be heard. Being a major aspect in rights, the ability to vote is a privilege that in large numbers, can oppose the abuses of the current society values acted towards women.
3) Imams must become advocates for women: Muslim beliefs make up the people of Afghanistan’s ideals. Following the imams and mullahs, training programs stated by the solution can lead to girls and women rights. Relating religious principles to the need of women and girls’ rights is not only for one’s morale, but also the proof that the need for women and girls’ rights is an important need to be solved.
4.) Direct aid to support communities: By fortifying communities, the people of the community can resist the Taliban. An expensive process of repairs, but also the most direct of the four requests, physical damage done by enemy groups can be held back by the community.
I believe that these planned methods in giving the women and girls of Afghanistan more rights and prevention against abusive attacks by men and corrupt services in the long run will be the most successful.
Robert Fernald
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I think that even though it is not the US’s duty to police Afghanistan, the army should at least help and protect women. Also if the US makes harsh punishments for assaulting women then maybe it will stop. I think that the US should do 4 things before they leave Afghanistan. In my opinion, the goals are good except they will not necessarily work. The US does not have enough control in Afghanistan to ensure that women can vote, especially with the Taliban. Besides that, the other goals will work very well, they will especially create bonding between women in the society.
Valeria Campos-Diaz
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I think that US military does a have a moral responsibility to help the injustices being done to Afghan women. I know technically we dont have to get involved but I know if I were an Afghan women I would want someone to step in and help. Just like our military should do.
1.Create a coalition of women: Doing this would help the Afghan women more power than do right now, which is none at the moment.
2. Make sure women can vote: right now in Afghanistan it seems as if the males have a very dominant role and making sure women can vote would give them a better chance for them to become leaders and become involved with the decisions of the country.
3. Imams must become advocates for women: having Imams become advocates for women would give them a better chance for survival.
4. Direct aid to support communities: Right now in Afghanistan women aren't the only issue so this would help Afghanistan economically as well.
Vanessa Campos-Diaz
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i think that the US military does need to get involved, reason being is that we went to war with Afghanistan because we wanted to ensure to get more and better rights for women in Afghanistan and if we don't help then we really went to war with Afghanistan for no reason.
1. Create a coalition of women: it would give the Afghan women more power than they have right now
2. Make sure women can vote: it would allow the women to stand up to the the Taliban if they wanted to deny them their rights, and it would give them more rights
3. Imams must become advocates for women: if the imams become advocates for the women then they would not be the only ones fighting for the womens rights and they would have more power
4. Direct aid to support communities: womens rights is not the only problem in Afghanistan right now so if they got help it would allow the economy to become better.
McKenna Willoughby
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In my opinion, I think that the United States has a moral duty and responsibility to protect women’s rights in Afghanistan. The reasons that they sent armed forces into Afghanistan was to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban, capture Osama bin Laden, and to protect Afghan women and their rights. The United States should finish what they started. If they leave with a little over half of what they wanted to accomplish in Afghanistan, then more problems will rise out of what they left behind. And then the U.S. would have to go back and do the whole operation over again. I do however, believe that Afghanistan’s government should also help with the women’s rights problems. They shouldn’t sit back and let the United States take care of Afghanistan’s problems for them!
Goal 1-
Create a coalition of women leaders: I believe that this goal will help Afghanistan become one step close to ending women inequality. Adding women into the decision making mix will allow women to have a voice in what happens in their country.
Goal 2-
Make sure women can vote: I think that this goal will also help women have a say in the decisions their country makes. In my opinion, if you don’t have a say in something that can affect you and your family, the that is unfair.
Goal 3-
Imams must become advocates for women: Many Muslim men seem to see women as inferior due to their religious teachings. If we can break through the religious barrier, then we can rid a lot of the women’s rights problems from Afghanistan.
Goal 4-
Direct aid to support communities: This goal will help the Afghan women and the different people in their communities in many ways. It will also benefit the Afghanistan government, because if the people are happy, then their easy to control.
Jeff Richardson
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1) I think that the hurting of women in Afghanistan is a very bad thing, but I believe that it is up to the Afghani government to make it better for women. The US is trying to turn the corner on war in the middle east, and I also think that the US had no business in Afghanistan or anywhere in that region at all. The government spends way too much on the defense budget, 66.84 billion dollars, and if we took out all armed forces, then we could spend more money on things that would help our country out, like helping hurricane sandy victims. I do think that the US and the other members of the UN could work out something with Afghanistan to help reduce the killings an injuring though. Also, Imams have to back women,
2)I think that there should be a creation of a coalition of women leaders. I also think that the UN can pressure the Afgnan government enough to make women able to vote. Also, Imams should back women. They would get more respect for women in the islamic community. The last thing is that the UN has to try to do something about the Taliban, and weaken their influence in communities. I think the UN can create some ideas or pool together money for that.
Julia Perkins
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I think that ideally, it is everyone’s moral duty and responsibility to protect those that are having injustices happen to them. Somebody has got to help out those in need, and while I don’t think that America should be the world’s police or have responsibility for other nations’ issues, if we are able to help and we know that our actions will do more good than harm, then I am all for America stepping in in Afghanistan for this issue. However, judging by our past interactions with Afghanistan as a country, it seems to me that a prolonged American military presence will do more harm than good in Afghanistan.
Create a coalition of women workers: make sure that men and women are around to make important decisions, so that women’s rights are not infringed upon unjustly. I support this idea very much.
Make sure women can vote: Women are less likely to vote for the Taliban because the Taliban are the ones who are treating women in Afghanistan unjustly. I greatly support this idea.
Imams must become advocates for women: In such a religiously based country, having religious leaders supporting a cause will really help solve issues. I support this idea, but I think that others are more important.
Direct aid to support communities: The U. S. A. has put so much into women’s rights in Afghanistan already, so having some more put in to help fix their economy would help. This is a good idea, but there are many more questions that would come up, like how much money do we put into their economy when our own is headed down the toilet.
I think that the US troops do have a responsibility to protect the Afghan women against the terrible things that are happening to them. If we are going to keep a group like the Taliban from regaining control of Afghanistan, then the social view on gender equality in Afghanistan is going to have to change. Also, morally the soldiers would not feel good about letting innocent people get hurt.
ReplyDeleteI think the first goal of a coalition of women leaders is a great thing. It gives the Afghan women an opportunity of a leadership role, as well as making sure that nothing gets changed regarding women’s rights without their consent. The second goal of allowing female voting in Afghanistan is definitely a great thing. If they are allowed to vote freely, a group like the Taliban will not regain its power, unless by force. The third goal is also a very good thing. If the religious leaders in Afghanistan stand up for the rights of women, the women will have a very influential ally. The last goal, of direct aid to support communities is a very good thing. This further tells the people that we are trying to help, and that the Taliban will do anything to regain power.
(late) ((sorry)) (((it didn't turn in when I thought it did)))Sydney B
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I think there are two sides to this argument. On one hand, it's not really the USA's duty to protect the Afghan women because a) they are not US citizens and b) they are part of a country that is not on good terms with the US. On the other hand, I can see why it would be our duty to protect them. It would be really immoral to just leave thousands of women exposed and helpless to the violence of the Taliban. Women are forbidden to go to school, forbidden to show many parts of their body, and forbidden to do such activities such as speak out against the Taliban. They cannot disobey marriage proposals or their husbands for fear of being seriously hurt or killed. My personal view of this topic is: yes, it is our duty.
1) Create a coalition of women leaders. I don't neccesarily think this is possible because of the views of the men in their country. The men have access to weapons and things that could discourage anyone from standing up to them.
2) Make sure women can vote. This goal is not that much more realistic than the first one. Women are heavily disregarded and thought of as not real people.
3) Imams must become advocates for women. This goal is a tiny bit more realistic than the last two. Not all men are against women like most of them. If you could convince them to agree to becoming advocates, then there's a chance for the women of Afghanistan.
4) Direct aid to support communities. This is by far the most realistic out of all of them. We cannot let Afghan women suffer again.
I think that it is our moral duty to protect Afghan women. They are human beings, too. They don't have as many rights as we do, and because of that they suffer constantly. I feel that we should help them out in any way possibly because we live a nice, easy life while they don't even get a good education and are forced to marry at a young age while we take all the time in the world to fall in love, whereas they don't even have that option.
ReplyDeleteTheir goals should help to be reached so we should create a coalition of women leaders because I think that we should have women's opinions as well as men's making big decisions because they are of equal value. Women should be allowed to vote for that same reason. Imams should because advocates for women because women need to be spoken for in Afghanistan because they don't have the rights that they do. We should provide direct aid to them because we can not let them suffer while we have all the supplies we need.
Bobby Russell
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I think that the U.S. military has a moral duty to protect women’s rights in the Middle East. I believe that the U.S. military needs to end the mistreatment of women in Afghanistan and it was also one of the principles that the U.S. armed forces went into Afghanistan to try and solve. But I also think that the Middle Eastern governments should also be responsible for women rights. The United States armed forces can only help with this problem to an extent. The governments of the Middle East will ultimately have to make sure the laws are passed as well as enforced.
Create a coalition of women leaders: I think that this is a very good idea for creating an equal opportunity for women. If women can talk about their own rights rather than just men it will be a giant step in the right direction, also to have females opinions on other political stuff.
Make sure women can vote: I also think this is very important and one of the main reasons the U.S. came to the Middle East. I think this is the first step in a road to a democracy.
Imams must become advocates for women: I think this is also very much needed so the people not only know that women rights are acceped but encouraged in the Muslim faith.
Direct aid to support communities: I think this one is not as important as the others due to the fact that they are trying to get equal rights and not out of poverty.
Casey Patterson
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12/20/12
1.The things that are happening to the women in Afghanistan are terrible, but are it really the job of the US to come in and try to help every single country in the world. We do have our own problems. I’m not being selfish, but why do we have to get involved in every single war? I believe that they should do all they can without taking over the country. And that might not be that much.
2. Goals
1. Create a coalition of women: it would give the Afghan women more power than they have right now
2. Make sure women can vote: it would allow the women to stand up to the the Taliban if they wanted to deny them their rights, and it would give them more rights
3. Imams must become advocates for women: if the imams become advocates for the women then they would not be the only ones fighting for the womens rights and they would have more power
4. Direct aid to support communities: womens rights is not the only problem in Afghanistan right now so if they got help it would allow the economy to become better.
McKenzie Matherly
ReplyDelete1) The things that are happening to women in Afghanistan are terrible, but i do not believe that the US military has to protect women in Afghanistan. but i do believe that we have some moral obligation to help in some way.
2) I think that if our troops exit Afghanistan then the violence towards women may get worse because they will not have any protection but it will eventually settle down. Once things settle down then we can try to change their views on women's rights.