“A group of Afghan men marched through the capital, Kabul, on Thursday to draw attention to women’s rights by donning head-to-toe burqas that for many people worldwide have come to symbolize the suppression of women.
The hardline Taliban forced women to wear burqas in public during their rule in the 1990s and concern is growing in Afghanistan and among its allies that gains for women made since the 2001 U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban are at risk. The men marched under a leaden sky, with the bright blue burqas falling over their heads down to muddy sneakers and boots.
The demonstrators, associated with a group called Afghan Peace Volunteers, said they organized the march ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.”
Meanwhile, in India, 8 young men on bikes harassed 20 schoolgirls who were riding a bus on their way home from their Board exams. The bus drivers stood up for the girls and the young men escalated their actions, injuring the bus drivers. One girl was also injured when the young men pelted the bus with rocks.
Parents of the girls registered complaints and two of the young men have been found and arrested.
