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Afghan women declare their demands from the Karzai government and the international community
Lauryn Oates • juillet 21, 2010

Much of the reporting in the West related to Afghan women depicts voiceless victims subjected to relentless discrimination or implies that human rights are alien to Afghan culture, and therefore not something for which there is any homegrown demand.

This is an absolute falsehood which I have addressed elsewhere, see http://www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2010/womens-rights-are-called-cultural-imperialism.

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If speaking the truth is offensive, so let us offend
Lauryn Oates • juillet 19, 2010

From my article today in Butterflies & Wheels, responding to the op-ed by Aruna Papp, author of the recently released “Culturally-driven violence against women: A growing problem in Canada’s immigrant communities” and to the 2007 honour killing of Aqsa Parvez in Mississauga, Ontario.

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Ultimately, the most successful societies find the balance between the twin virtues of inequality of outcomes and equality of opportunity.

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Public policy should never be designed to decrease inequality but should always be designed to increase equality.

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