"An accurate representation of successful women presents children with the realistic message that no country can progress if half its population is invisible in the social, economical and political scene," writes Noorjahan Akbar for UN Dispatach. "If we want to change gender roles in Afghanistan, a good place to start is with the textbooks."
Afghanistan has enough troublemakers who do not want gender roles to change - or at least they expect women to work and get no credit for what they do.
Even Dari books for children produced outside Afghanistan are sparse on images. Still, the children are eager to learn.
Photo of Afghan National Police offer distributing coloring books, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and US Marine Corps.
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Even
though women make up nearly 50% of agricultural workers in Afghanistan,
according to the drawings in these books, farming, too, is exclusive to
men. - See more at:
http://www.undispatch.com/afghanistans-pedagogy-of-the-invisible#sthash.ggR8pJox.dpuf
Even
though women make up nearly 50% of agricultural workers in Afghanistan,
according to the drawings in these books, farming, too, is exclusive to
men. - See more at:
http://www.undispatch.com/afghanistans-pedagogy-of-the-invisible#sthash.ggR8pJox.dpuf
Even
though women make up nearly 50% of agricultural workers in Afghanistan,
according to the drawings in these books, farming, too, is exclusive to
men. - See more at:
http://www.undispatch.com/afghanistans-pedagogy-of-the-invisible#sthash.ggR8pJox.dpuf
