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To improve the role of women, the government must take an active role in promoting educational opportunities for girls and instating vocational education programs for all women, regardless of age, to better enable them to establish some degree of economic autonomy. This will improve the economic status of Afghani families as a whole, and also ensure that women who face violence at home will not feel compelled to stay in untenable circumstances. One of the reasons women stay in bad marriages, agree to arranged marriages, or do not leave home even after coming of age is a fear of being unable to support themselves. This can serve as part of a larger agenda of educating the Afghani people in viable skills that will enable the nation to compete in the modern world.
To demonstrate the changed role of women, the government must aggressively prosecute instances of domestic violence, forced...
The unacceptability of such behavior must be indicated through legal action, not simply through rhetoric. Appointing a woman in charge of overseeing the prosecution of such crimes would be one way to show that women are 'getting tough' on the problem of violence and discrimination against women.
Of course, there will be howls of outrage that this transgresses the word of the Holy Koran. Yet Muslim women all over the world have prominent positions in government, commerce, and academia -- and have equitable roles in their family structures. The government must enlist the support of liberal clerics to speak about the potentially positive and proactive role of women in Islam. It can also solicit the aid of Muslim feminists internationally to speak to women and girls about the ability to reconcile their faith and have a new outlook on life.
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