Education, a Health Imperative

The Case of Afghanistan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12440316
AutoresVincent Iacopino (Physicians for Human Rights, autor de correspondencia), Zohra Rasekh
Año1998
Volumen3
Número2
Páginas98-98
Fecha de publicación1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHealth and Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4065302
PMID10343296
OpenAlexW2284023158
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas3

Education is not only a right, but an essential condition for the health and well-being of individuals and the communities in which they live. Despite strong authority within Islamic law and traditions affirmatively promoting the education of both girls and boys, the Taliban regime has denied women this right in the name of religion and culture. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) recently surveyed the health and human rights concerns of Afghan women. The case of Afghanistan dramatically illustrates that education is a health imperative. Taliban policies of systematic discrimination against women, including restrictions on education, undermine the physical, psychological and social well-being of Afghan women. Such discrimination and the suffering it causes constitute an affront to the dignity and worth of Afghan women, and humanity as a whole

Afghan · Criminology · Dignity · Geography · Human rights · Human Rights Education · Humanity · Islam · Islamic Education · Political science · Right to health · Sociology · Gender Studies · Health and Conflict Studies · Law