Meena ki khannyina was a famous thought provoking cartoons. This was developed by UNICEF especially for south Asian countries. Its aim was to create awareness among the masses of the south Asian countries about the gender equality, health, education cleanliness etc. In these cartoons , keeping in view the gender discrimination of south Asian countries, Meena is playing the leading role. And trying to tell the villagers with the help of her brother Raju and parrot that girls can do everything like boys. So the point, I am making here is gender equality. That is hardly practicing in south Asian countries. Gender equality in simple words is both genders (men and women) must have equal rights in every field of life without any discrimination. And every gender is equally valuable to society.
In south Asian countries, boys are preferred over girls, parents mostly pray for the birth of son. For the birth of son, parents can do anything. Gender discrimination is very common in south Asian countries. Still boys are considered bread winner. Parents of boys are considered privileged. Having a son is a symbol of proud there. Gender discrimination caused different frustration, tension and harassment in social and economic sector. The worst condition of gender discrimination can be seen in Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan gender discrimination is widely practicing. The tradition of gender discrimination is also known in Afghanistan as Bacha Posh or disguising girls as boys. According to the rigid custom or tradition of Afghanistan, if the parents don`t blessed with son, the girls are dressed up like boys. Parents cut their girls hair like boys. Parents of girls rather than boys are considered very poor. Girls get their feminist look back at the age of 17 or 18. The later life of girls are very though there, because they don`t know how the girls live.Moreover, Fauzia koofi is the only woman who was the elected Afghan parliament's first female deputy speaker (2005).
