Women’s issue in Afghanistan under the Taliban*
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-2(8)-158-170
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the rights and status of women in Afghan society over the past 30 years, after the end of the secular system in the country. A brief overview of the situation since the beginning of the 20th century is given, the place and position of Afghan women in society after the coming to power of the Mujahideen and then the Taliban* is shown, the development of education and the process of involving the female population in socio-economic and political life after 2001 and the change in the situation with the return to power of the Taliban are studied.
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared as part of an initiative project of the Center for the Study of Modern Afghanistan (Russia, Moscow)
About the Author
U. V. Okimbekov
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ubayd V. Okimbekov - CandSc (Economic). Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies.
12, Rozhdestvenka str., Moscow, 107031
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Okimbekov U.V. Women’s issue in Afghanistan under the Taliban*. Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2023;(2):158-170. https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-2(8)-158-170
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