MCC Daily 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.
Christina Lee
Global Education & International Services
03/25/2022