Prawa kobiet w Islamskim Emiracie Arabskim
Women’s rights in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the specific analysis of the changes that have taken place in the perceptionof the status of women in Afghanistan. The state, also known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is anarea where the level of gender inequality and discrimination is one of the highest in the world. The originsof Afghan statehood date back to the eighteenth century. Over the years, the local community has facednumerous armed conflicts, the basis of which can be found both in the interventions of third countries andin internal problems. These include, for example, ethnic conflicts or extreme religious extremism.The first part of this article contains the analysis of the position of women in the light of Islam andMiddle Eastern traditions. The author points to two main determinants that have a real and significantimpact on the scope of the rights granted to an individual. She points them out consecutively: religion–as a factor shaping the mentality of each group, as well as the patriarchal model of society, determinedby the physical, mental and spiritual spheres of a human being.In the second part, the author describes the socio-cultural changes that took place in 2021, i.e. afterthe Taliban took power again. It refers to the laws and regulations that were introduced in the IslamicEmirate of Afghanistan.The third part contains references to the assumptions of international law and all other acts that dealwith the issue of discrimination against women and other disadvantaged groups under national law. Tobetter explain the issue, a definition of the term “discrimination” is also provided.In the last part of the paper, the author describes the current position of women in Afghanistanand at the same time, she presents her observations on the rate of change in the mentality of the localcommunity.

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