EXCLUSIVE TO BACK TO JERUSALEM: Woman Reveals Truth About Life in Afghanistan

BTJ has been working in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control and the way women have suffered is beyond anything that can be imagined.

One of the BTJ’s partners sent an extremely sensitive video, where one of the young women we are working with pleads for help and prayer. “I hope you can use this video to bring more awareness,” Naghmeh Panahi wrote after sending the video. Naghmeh, an Iranian house church worker who’s testimony is shared in the book, I DIDN’T SURVIVE, is sharing this exclusive video to help get the word out about the suffering that women are enduring in Afghanistan.

The young woman in the video, who cannot be named due to security reasons, says Afghani women are being subjected to “violence, oppression, rape, and murder.” She is not alone.

Here are 8 Facts about Women’s Rights in Afghanistan:

• Restricted Movement for Women

Under Taliban rule, women cannot travel without a male family member escorting them around the city. Women are like prisoners in their own home.

• Dress Code for Women

Women are told what to wear. The Taliban, using Sharia Law, have strict Islamic restrictions about what women can wear according to the Quran.

• No Protections for Women or Girls Threatened with Violence

Women cannot contact the police to help them if they have been sexually assaulted by men, because they can easily be attacked for bringing shame on their family. Safe houses have been closed. Humanitarian organizations that have helped women for years have been closed. Violence against women has become common place in the name of Allah.

• Women are Not Allowed to Go to School

Girls have lost the right to go to school. They are not even allowed to take examinations from their home to advance in their education.