In the novel ‘Boy Overboard’ written by Morris Gleitzman, female characters were disadvantaged by the oppression. Females suffer from sexual abuses, prostitution, child labor, rape and struggle to win attention and voice from the society. In the time period of the domination of the Taliban, female's voice and rights start to diminish. They had to start covering themselves with long layers of garment and be more aware of their surrounding community as that they might harm them. With the disturbs of the taliban which is an islamic fundamentalist group that is still ruling parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries around, it makes it hard for a women to have freedom. In the following paragraphs, I will be discussing in deeper details providing evidence from the novel “Boy Overboard” of how and why female face gender inequality.
Firstly, I would be explaining about the restriction and the deprivation of a Afghan women. After since the Taliban took control of the country, females are deprived from most activities, from outdoor movement to sports. They are seen as the “week one”, therefore female are openly flogged and oppressed. “Females have to keep their faces covered at all times out of doors” (p.4) and that “Girls aren’t allowed to leave the house without a parent”. If rules are not obeyed,
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85% of women in Afghanistan does not have a proper education and some of them only had the chance to attended elementary school. People started to build illegal home school to help educate children but if “the government has found out about our school”(p.-), a serious punishment will be held. In the novel, jamal’s mom whom was the “illegal” teacher of the school was dragged into a soccer stadium and punished with violence. Females either have to go to a legal school, otherwise they will have to fulfill the domestic role of doing the