Burqa or Blood

1. Burqa or Blood By Jared Boss

2. Women are not allowed to leave the house without a male relative • Women are forced to stay at home if they are a widow • Even widows who have money die of starvation from not being able to buy food • Women who are lucky enough to have male children let them beg for scraps • In Iraq, women need a mans permission to leave the country Chained to My Male Relatives

3. Women are required to wear the burqa outside the house at all times • A Burqa must cover all parts of the body • If the body shows, the woman is hurt by a man • Burqas have no eye holes, only mesh • Women have been killed because of not being able to see or move out of the way of cars • An old women was beaten for showing ankles The Burqa, My Prison

4. Women are no longer allowed to work in Afghanistan • Little girls were forced to leave school when the Taliban took over • The next day they beat little girls and women who went to go to work or school • Women used to hold many government positions • Now they do nothing but cook and clean • If the woman is a widow, she has no chance to survive No Job, No Life in Afghanistan

5. Not allowed to go to school or work • Windows must be painted black in their homes • Must wear a burqa outside the house • Can be brutally beaten for breaking any law • Not allowed to keep their own children if husband dies and a male relative is alive • Women can be killed because of “honor’ Women's Rights Afghanistan

6. Women have some rights, but they are limited • Able to make money by working • Women are allowed to go shopping for food and clothing • Their husbands are allowed to have four permanent wives and unlimited temporary ones • Women can be arrested for fighting for women's rights • Women have to approve their husbands next permanent wife Women's Rights Iraq

7. Taliban requires a woman to wear a burqa at all times outside the home • Iraq does not require women to wear a burqa • Taliban do not allow women to work • Iraq allows women to work and to make a living • In Iraq, men are more forgiving to women • Afghan men treat women like property Differences: Afghanistan and Iraq Women

8. The women both have a dress code • Iraq is a burqa that shows the entire face • Afghanistan burqa covers entire face • Both can be beaten by a man • Little power over husband • Women are not respected as they should be Similarities: Afghanistan and Iraq Women

9. Stoning - throwing stones at the head of a buried woman • Burning - tying them to a stick and setting them on fire • Hanging - putting a noose on their neck and dropping them • Shooting - killing them with guns at point blank • Poisoning – using toxins and drugs to kill or mame • Beating - whipping or hitting with a stick or rope Punishments For Breakingthe Law

10. Under Islamic law, men are allowed to have four wives • Taliban is an ultraconservative group so their laws are different from Islam • Taliban believe that if women are seen in tight outfits, men will go crazy and disobey God • Women are not allowed to be religious leaders because Muslim society believes it will offend God • Mosques are for men only, no women allowed Women and Religion

11. Women are murdered for no reason because of a man’s honor • A women can dishonor a man by not wanting to marry him • A women was murdered because a love ballad was dedicated to her over the radio • A mentally retarded girl was killed in front of her tribe because she disgraced the tribe by being raped • Honor killings happen in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran • If a woman back talks to her husband she is killed Honor Killings

12. Women are no longer allowed to teach, so boys schooling has been affected • Little girls were poisoned for attending a school • Women were 70% of all teachers before the Taliban took control • Many schools closed down from lack of teaching staff • Some mothers operate hidden schools in their house • These women are risking their life and the students lives Women and School : Afghanistan

13. Fathers of women get paid by the man who wants their daughter • If the women will not marry the man, she is killed for disgracing her fathers honor • Women go to the man who offers the highest price to her father • These women are typically abused and too young to get married • Young children are sold to older men to be their life long partners Forced Marriages

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