Telling the Stories of Afghan Girls

its sad that in some countries, girls have to struggle to have their right to education but kudos to the parents of those girls that give importance to their education and strive to make a change for their daughters specially to countries like afghanistan.

There are indeed many sad stories of girls and education in Afghanistan. However I think it's important not to paint the entire country with the same brushstroke. There are many areas of the country where girls are encouraged to attend school by both women and men. I travel to Afghanistan often, and volunteer teaching English in different parts. I have seen the best and worst of the girl/school situation and I can tell you this: there are both lovely and horrific stories to be told. No country is a monolith. Even an "Islamic country such as Afghanistan."

Still a world dominated by men, men who claim to serve God, and yet they force their own man-made rules on people, more significantly the women.

My mother is from El Salvador, and when she was very young she fled her abusive husband because of the beatings that he and his mother were given her. She was not allowed to take her still nursing child with her when she left. And when she reported her beatings to the police, showing them her bruises, they told her that if she wanted to be with her child, she needed to be back with her husband.

Of women: though we've come a long way in some parts of the world, we still have such a long way to go.

I read the rest of the article and felt really sad for the girl and her family. The writer points out that Islam allows both men and women to be educated and yet in an Islamic country such as Afghanistan, they do not have this right. What a shame.