Abstract: To understand women status in Afghanistan, one has to consider the country’s multi-ethnic, multilingual and traditional society, which has historically been governed along tribal lines and by a weak central government. Today’s Afghan women bear the huge and heavy burden of four decades war and conflicts. Early at the beginning of the 20th century, Afghan women, as a result of the first constitutional movement under the leadership of King Amanullah Khan succeeded in gaining some of their human rights and freedoms. King Amanullah Khan’s democratic plans included the elimination of burqa, access to education and active participation of women in the social, economic, political and cultural process in the society. But unfortunately, after the fall of Soviet-backed government of Kabul and their subsequent regimes – Mujahideen and Taliban, all those values were buried soon.
Keywords: Afghan women, Gender discrimination, tribal leaders, tradition, queen Soraya.
Title: The Status of women in Afghanistan before 2001: A Historical study
Author: Assist Prof: Mohammad Mullah Frotan Salangi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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