Deadline for submission is November 12, 2021
Since the withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Afghanistan and the reemergence of Taliban control in the country, it has become clear that the hard-won rights of Afghan women are at risk. According to Human Rights Watch, while the Taliban “wants to seem presentable to the international community [and] . . . pledged to let girls study and women work” there is a danger that these agreements are merely a facade of moderation. Indeed, Human Rights Watch has already received “alarming reports of emerging school closures, movement restrictions and women forced to leave their jobs.” Do you believe that either the United States or the International Community at large have an ethical duty to try to protect the rights of women in Afghanistan? Or do you believe that the country of Afghanistan must embark upon their own course of self-determinism, and that an ethical approach supports non-intervention? Are there risks to either approach? If you chose to protect women’s rights in that country, how would you do it?
We would love to hear your arguments on either side!
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NEEBI
