According to a domestic survey published this week, Afghan men remain strongly opposed to giving women more freedoms and leadership positions, with two thirds believing women already have too many rights.
Responses found younger men were even more reluctant than their elders to embrace women’s rights, while almost one in three women thought women are “too emotional” for leadership positions.
Gary Barker, founder of Promundo-US, the gender rights advocacy group organising the survey, says these results are “very concerning” and are most likely the result of strict Taliban influence on traditional women’s roles.