Recapping-MY RESEARCH IS ABOUT WEDDINGS IN AFGHANISTAN. I LEARNED THAT AFGHANI GIRLS GET MARRIED AT A YOUNG AGE, THEIR PARENTS ARRANGE THE MARRIAGES AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS TO ONE OF THEIR FIRST COUSINS, HOWEVER THERE'S A LOT MORE FREEDOM IN THE "PICKING A HUSBAND" DEPARTMENT FOR GIRLS THESE DAYS. WEDDING CELEBRATIONS CAN BE THE BIGGEST EVENT IN A PERSON'S LIFE. FAMILIES OFTEN EMPTY THEIR POCKETS TO THROW AS MAGNIFICENT OF WEDDINGS AS THEY CAN BECAUSE THE TALIBAN BANNED BIG CELEBRATIONS,THEY FOUND IT SINFUL TO DANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO THROW CELEBRATIONS NOW AND THEY LOVE IT. THERE ARE LOTS OF LITTLE TRADITIONS WHEN IT COMES GETTING MARRIED IN AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING SOMETHING CALLED A "BRIDE PRICE". THE GIRL'S FAMILY AND FUTURE HUSBAND MEET TO HAGGLE OVER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THE MAN WILL PAY HER FAMILY FOR HER. THIS IS REALLY SAD, IT CREATES A SITUATION (WITH SO MUCH POVERTY) WHERE FAMILIES ARE SHOVING THEIR DAUGHTERS OUT THE DOOR OR GIVING THEM TO ABUSIVE HUSBANDS BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MONEY, AND IT'S HAPPENING AT A MUCH YOUNGER AGE. ANOTHER TRADITION IS THE INTRICATE HENNA DESIGNS THE GROOM PAINTS ON THE HANDS OF HIS FUTURE WIFE AT A "HENNA PARTY". AT THE WEDDING RECEPTION, THE BRIDE AND GROOM GO UNDER A SHAW AND LOOK IN A MIRROR FOR THE FIRST TIME As A COUPLE. AFTERWARDS THEY READ LINES FROM THEIR HOLY BOOK, THE "QUR'AN". I'M SURE IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN MUCH EASIER TO RESEARCH THIS IF I COULD HAVE FOUND MORE RELIABLE SOURCES THAN I HAD. I LEARNED ALOT OF INFORMATION BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I COULD HAVE. IF I WAS RESEARCHING IT TODAY I WOULD TRY TO FIND OUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF YOUNG GIRLS IN NEW HOMES AND HOW IT'S EFFECTING THE COUNTRY.
Revisitting-TODAY THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN, GETTING JOBS, HAVING RIGHTS, AND FACING VIOLENCE. THE U.N. ARE IN KABUL WHERE THEY STARTED A CAMPAIGN FOR PROTECTING WOMEN FROM VIOLENCE.ONE BIG IDEA RIGHT NOW IS THAT TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS, MEN HAVE TO BE IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING THEM AND THEIR RIGHTS. THIS IS THE GOAL OF THE UN'S CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW; IT'LL LAST UNTIL THE TENTH. Another article I read told me that Obama's gonna send thrity thousand more troops to Afghanistan over the next six months. I don't know how the people in Afghanistan feel about having other troops in their country but it seems to me like it might upset them. Troops are there to protect them though, maybe they can enforce the already-existing marriage age laws, which are frequently overlooked. There iiiis actually a limit to how young the girls can be before they get married but so many people ignore it.
REFLECT-I have most definitely learned a whole lot since i started learning about Afghanistan. I think alot of people could definitely agree that one of the things hindering nationhood in afghanistan most is that there are so many different tribes and stuff, like sooooo many different kinds of people there and they don't have anything to unite them. what they need is a common ground, which, let's face it, something they have now is facing the americans, which is terrible, but even mooore terrible is the fact that as soon as American troops get out of the country, afghanistan could be facing even more cival war. The whole thing is a mess. And my researched topic (marraige in afghanistan) is getting to be a worse problem because of the war. Poverty in families are causing major drops in the age they marry their daughters off & utter disreaguard for the marriage-age law, which needs uber adjustment anyways! I think that improvement in the country is on it's way but they have SUCH a long way to go, and it's definitely important for people (even our age) to know what's going on in the world around them, it's gonna be our generation someday so we can't be wondering around without knowing what's going on.
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