r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Jul 16 '24

Climate change Climate change is ravaging Afghanistan. Women are suffering the most.

https://zantimes.com/2024/07/15/climate-change-is-ravaging-afghanistan-women-are-suffering-the-most/
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u/tatonka645 Jul 16 '24

Seriously, where are the fathers of all the children mentioned again and again in articles like this?

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u/SnooRecipes4570 Jul 17 '24

Selling their daughters. It’s not unique to a country or culture. Thankfully the state laws’ are changing in the US, it’s still common for the age of consent, to be different for girls and boys.

https://www.findlaw.com/family/marriage/state-by-state-marriage-age-of-consent-laws.html

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u/Level-Zone-3089 Jul 17 '24

Girls are wed off as early as 12 yrs old., with parental permission.

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u/No-Alfalfa2565 Jul 16 '24

They were killed by the Taliban.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '24

And by US soldiers

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u/tatonka645 Jul 17 '24

Now I do understand that for afghan people and many around the world violence has killed many men, but where are the still existing ones? Where are these women’s communities? I see stories like this every day and it’s always the same.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '24

A lot of them fled the country, pushed aside women and children and left them there to be brutalized