Opinion: Afghan women, girls want an education but we can’t fight alone

Is being an Afghan woman a crime for which I am to be suspended of my fundamental human rights on the international stage?

The elimination of women’s rights, specifically in education and the workplace is a major focus for the Taliban in Afghanistan. If the United Nations and the world do not recognize this emergency and take action, it is a deep disrespect to Afghan women and girls and to the Afghan community.

Female educators, women rights activists, and women protestors threaten the growth of the Taliban regime, leading them to suffer punishment and persecution: Women have been shot in public, stoned in public, and whipped in public. They have been killed, their bodies have been cut into pieces, and they have been raped just because they have stood up for education and their very basic human rights.