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OVER THE PAST two weeks, Afghanistan has been back in the news as foreign forces prepared to pull troops out of the country.
This move came after a deal was struck between the US (which has been in the country for 20 years) and the Taliban.
However, it soon became clear that the Taliban was making its way through the country taking control of areas, and on 15 August it captured Kabul after a very swift advance.
This led to huge swathes of people trying to leave the country, for fear of what awaited them during a Taliban reign. Among people’s concerns was the treatment of women under the Taliban, which had control of the country from 1996 – 2001.
Under that regime, women had to wear a burka, were banned from employment, faced restrictions on their movement, were banned from appearing on radio or television, and were not allowed to be in direct contact with men other than a close blood relative, husband or in-law, from the age of eight.
There are fears now that similar restrictions to their rights face women in Afghanistan.
To shed more light on this, we spoke to Heather Barr, interim co-director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch about what is happening on the ground in Afghanistan, and what the future for women might look like. (This podcast was recorded before today’s attack on Kabul Airport.)
https://soundcloud.com/the-explainer-podcast/whats-the-future-for-women-in-afghanistan
This episode was put together by presenter Sinéad O’Carroll, and producers Aoife Barry and Nicky Ryan.
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Of course if you happen to work for a complete a**ehole who’s constantly looking over his shoulder for potential challengers to humiliate then just go ahead and have a nervous breakdown or else job seekers allowance.
Hard choice that.
When you have a bad manager who doesn’t listen and support you then that stress exacerbates and folks leave or get sick.
If your lucky to get a bonus for exceeding targets…It should be exempt from Tax. You earned it. Mr. Noonan didn’t.
Communication is the most important of all. Communicate direction, motivation, disappointment, operation and inspiration and always remember that there is no project greater than the team you build around you.
Nice idea, but isn’t going to work for most of us, especially if your employer sees you as nothing but a resource (robot), they don’t care that your child is ill, had to arrange child care, or come in sick(no paid time for been off sick) you then infect your colleagues, who then go home sick and miss days!
Good article Peter.
Just bring a large calibre firearm with you into meetings. Its such an easy way deflect questions on days you’re just not ‘in the zone’ or ready to run something ‘up the flagpole to see who’ll salute’. Since I’ve started on the ‘F**k off or I’ll shoot you in the face’ programme my stress levels are now in a very manageable place. Phew!
They are trying to justify their own existence. Their proposals are hardly going to work in an environment of six people employed by , say , a shoe shop, a small firm , a convenience store etc.
Sack lazy sods, they spend too much time gossiping and that does not help employee moral?
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Have gay marriage, only joking, but it is funny… lol.
Free Arnott’s Tim Tam for all!
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