This scene from thebreadwinnermovie is set in the late 1990s, when the Taliban first came to power. Nearly 25 years later—an entire quarter of a century—women and girls are once again facing the same brutal repression. This is the barbaric mentality we are fighting against: that a woman must cover herself, that she should marry young, that her only purpose is to be a wife and child-bearer, that she has no right to work or study. This mindset must end.
In order for this to end, we need global solidarity with the women and girls of Afghanistan-they cannot fight this barbaric mindset alone. It's not just the
Taliban's extremist mentality that must be rejected, but also the dangerous global misconception that their oppressive norms are somehow part of our culture in Afghanistan. They are
not.It is not our culture to oppress women. By believing and perpetuating this false narrative, you are siding with the enemy and enabling this oppressive regime.
If you don't stand with them, what moral...