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State of Women
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Although we recently celebrated International Women's Day centenary this year (1911-2011), even now, no matter how educated a woman is she still has to go to the kitchen and do housework and bend herself low - even do menial jobs at times. According to the Hindu newspaper of Sept. 2010, "The status of women in Afghanistan was the worst right after the Taliban regime. But after the power of investment and the energy of the international community and the United Nations, it has become second worse in the world. So it is better than in the Taliban's time but it is still a matter of concern. About 70 per cent of the population in Afghanistan is facing extreme poverty. This extreme poverty in Afghanistan has a female face because of inadequate access to economic opportunities and economic resources for women." On the flip side, there are western women who have reached heights of modernity. According to Time, Oct. 2009, "But just as striking is how much men and women a...