Nahani Pour G, Zareh G H, Haghighat H R. Ethics and Gender in Taliban Political Thought: Women's Rights and Freedom of Speech. Int. J. Ethics Soc 2024; 6 (2) :62-69
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1- Ph.D. student, Department of Political Science, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
2- Department of Political Science, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran , zarehgholamhossein@gmail.com
3- Department of Political Science, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran
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Introduction: The Taliban used religion to justify their brutal totalitarian government, which lacked any moral and religious values. In the field of ethics and gender, the Taliban's perception of women's political-social rights meant depriving them of any political-social activities. Due to the importance of ethics and gender, this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the status of women's rights and freedom of speech in the political thought of the Taliban.
Material and Methods: This is an applied descriptive-analytical type in terms of its purpose, it was among quantitative researches. The statistical population of the research was Afghan women living in Shiraz. Participants include 350 Afghan women living in Shiraz, who were selected by available sampling method. Data was gathered by researcher-made questionnaire. Finally, data were analyzed using the t-test method and SPSS software.
Results: The findings show that the awareness of Afghan women about their rights in the field of education, violence against women, marriage, freedom of speech, clothing status, medical and therapeutic services, presence in society, political participation, urban services and human rights in Afghanistan is low and very low.
Conclusion: The results showed that according to the opinion of Afghan women who had lived under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the situation of women's rights and freedom of expression in the political thought of the Taliban was estimated to be very bad. The Taliban's goal of dealing with women and preventing their political-social services, before it is caused by Islamic Sharia or ethnic and tribal customs, is a political method and a government strategy
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Special Received: 2024/01/3 | Accepted: 2024/02/3 | Published: 2024/07/26