Women's Political Participation in Afghanistan

This final assignment aims at discussing the numerous reasons why Afghan women do not use their votes in their own favour, leaving it to others to use their votes, either directly or by their name. After the Taliban collapsed in 2001, the new Afghan constitution contained specific provisions that ensured women have equal human rights, including the rights to education and work, in addition to determining the quota for women's representatives in the Afghan parliament, the Jirga. Women in Afghanistan meet the challenges faced by their constitution, for the purpose of administering and serving their country at all national and temporary levels. Although women have got political rights in Afghanistan, the culture is, especially in the municipalities, still largely patriarchal and indifferent to the role of liberal women in these communities. Additionally, women's abilities to exercise their rights are hindered by a depressingly low level of awareness. This assignment and the article that will result from it, focus on this problematic situation in the hope of contributing to the discussion on who in fact has the decision to vote, become a candidate or even a parliamentarian representative of the people in Afghanistan.