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Using her English skills and what she is learning in school, the following “letter” was written by a young Tajik high school student to the young women of Afghanistan to give them hope.
Hello, I’m your neighbor.
I live next to you in Tajikistan. I want to tell you about
women’s rights in my country to give you hope. We have special articles to explain our rights. One article, for example, says, “Men and
Women are Equal”.
This means women have the same rights as men. Men do not have the right to forbid us our
rights. Sometimes women have the situation where men want to
limit our rights, but we do not let them. We have rights,
for example, about marriage that say: “Men and women can be
married only when they are 18-years-old and they must be married of
their own free will.”
Another article says, “All people can vote for the country's president when they
are 18-years-old. It is not important if you are a woman or a man,
everyone can vote.
There is another law about
school. It says that everyone should finish school. It is a law that
students must finish at least 9 years of school. After that, those who
want to learn 2 more years must be allowed to.
Another
important law says, “We must respect the rights and
freedom of each other. And we must not do anything that
destroys the rights or freedom other people.”
I hope my little essay helps you understand better the rights we all deserve.
— A Friend from Tajikistan