Student Tribune
Two Visiting Scholars from Cornell University Next Week - All Are Welcome!
MONDAY, March 28 at 2 pm in 5 - 200
Former Myanmar Parliamentary Candidate to Speak on Democratization
and Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar
On March 28th, 2:00pm- 3:15pm in 5-200, MCC will host visiting Cornell
scholar and former Myanmar parliamentary candidate, Nay Yan Oo. Nay Yan, a
scholar in Cornell's Southeast Asia Program, will discuss Myanmar's democratic
transition before the 2021 coup and ongoing democratization efforts and
civil-military relations in the country. Before Cornell, Nay Yan worked as a
technical advisor for the Governance Program at The Asia Foundation in Myanmar,
a resident fellow at the Pacific Forum in Hawaii, and a Program Manager at the
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Yangon. Nay Yan also ran for the
Myanmar parliament in the 2020 election. Nay Yan has a Master of Public
Policy from the University of Oxford and an MA in Political Science from
Northern Illinois University.
WEDNESDAY, March 30 at 12 noon - 1 pm in the Brighton Room 3 -
217
Women’s Rights Denied Under the Taliban
Sharif Hozoori, PhD
Women comprise of approximately half of the population of each society yet
struggle to attain equal rights on par with men in many societies. History is
full of examples of atrocities and violence against women but the violation
against women rights may be seen more in countries that face conflict and
instability. Afghanistan, with its troubled history in the last four decades,
has experienced a variety of regime changes followed by revolution, civil war,
and instability. Such a volatile history has had great impact on the day-to-day
life of the citizens of the country. In many instances, they have been
suppressed, imprisoned, tortured, and killed by those who took the law in their
hands. In such circumstances the sorrows and sufferings of women in particular
have mounted but are yet to be fully discovered and discussed due to secrecy
and local customs.
From 2001 onwards, women in Afghanistan began to see themselves in the
public life and their social, political, judiciary and economic rights
guaranteed by the new constitution. With it, came new opportunity that allowed
women to dream for their future. Women were finally allowed to attend the
school, go to university, choose their desired field of study, and occupy any
post in the job market. For these reasons, the women of Afghanistan made
enormous strides in last two decades. They became parliamentarians, ministers,
governors, judges, professors, pilots, inspectors and administrators. However,
on 15 August 2021 when the Taliban took over Kabul, women suddenly vanished
from public life.
In this talk we shall discuss the current situation of women in Afghanistan
under current regime. We will examine the reasons behind Taliban’s
regressive policy against women to help us understand and perhaps even predict
the future of women under the Taliban administration.
Lee, Christina
Global Education & International Services
03/25/2022