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‘Where is My Name’ campaign to restore Afghan women’s identity
25-8-2017
In its issue of today, An Nahar newspaper brought to light a social media campaign in Afghanistan, ‘where is my name’ calling for women’s identities to be respected and their names acknowledged. The women-led campaign aims to break deep-seated taboos that prevent men from openly mentioning the names of their female relatives. Women’s names on invitation cards or even on tombstones are regarded as inappropriate or even an insult in ultra-conservative communities in Afghanistan. An Nahar said the online campaign was launched earlier in July in the western Afghan city of Herat when a group of young women posted comments on Facebook and Twitter under the hashtag #whereismyname# and were followed soon by many women across the country. As a result, some men started to uncover the names of their wives and Afghan celebrities joined in support of the campaign, An Nahar reported. Last week, the movement held its first public event in the capital Kabul with the participation of a minister in the government, experts, scholars and dozens of women. On the subject, 26-year-old activist Tahmina Arian told AFP she decided to join because she wanted to see change. “We are tired of living in a medieval century while in reality it is the 21st century,” Arian said. Together, we have to break social taboos. We want our women to know that they have the basic right to be called by their own name and to have their independent identity,” Arian added. )An Nahar, August 25, 2017(
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