Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد  🦋

I was laughing at the part, too. The guy was was actually trying to think of a diplomatic way of answering that question.

1) IEA spokesmen and negotiators themselves dabble in this sort of doublespeak. They do it constantly, especially with western journalists, or any video/publication they know will be viewed by westerners. When a reporter asked IEA negotiators as to the role of women, they pulled

2) this same tepid, vague "rights under Islam" line. They've literally been saying this since 2011 during those negotiations. When these IEA negotiators were pressed on specifics, they said ""Women were too ‘sympathetic and delicate’ for jobs like commissioner or mayor, where

4) These fucks stone women to death and lash them for punishment. Say whatever about the corruption, abuse and ineptitude of the Afghan government, but things are slowly advancing. Attitudes ingrained in cultures, take time to change. This is shown by research evidence in terms

5) of access to TV and internet for information. Afghans with TV/Internet access are likely to be more progressive regarding a woman going to secondary school, college and working outside the home. Progress takes time.

3) ‘a woman’s emotions might get in the way.’” So yeah, they're all full of shit. Women run positions all over Afghanistan, in all of the ministries and in all sectors of Afghan society. They'll never let a woman be a judge, or a cop, or teacher, or president.

6) Men like these, fear empowered women. They fear progress, change, equality and justice. Not a single one of these Taliban fucks would say any of that "too emotional" shit to this woman's face. She was the deputy officer in charge of Helmand Province's