The Post-2021 Afghan Situation: Romanian Students’ Knowledge, Views and Cultural Receptiveness

Simona Șimon (), Gabriel-Mugurel Dragomir and Marcela Alina Fărcașiu
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Simona Șimon: Department of Communication and Foreign Languages, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania
Gabriel-Mugurel Dragomir: Department of Teaching Training, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania
Marcela Alina Fărcașiu: Department of Communication and Foreign Languages, Politehnica University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania

Societies, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: In a world in which the political crisis is escalating, causing the emergence of war and conflict, even in unexpected regions, the post-2021 Afghan situation of the population in general, and of the women in particular, is a reminder of the atrocities caused by colliding political powers. This article aims to raise Romanian students’ awareness of post-2021 Afghanistan, a geographically and culturally distant country, to identify their perceptions of the Afghans’ lives under the current regime as well as to single out the respondents’ cultural receptiveness. To achieve these research objectives, an online survey was carried out at the beginning of 2024 among the students of Politehnica University of Timișoara (Romania), recording 420 responses. The study revealed that, although the majority of the surveyed population is well acquainted with the topic under discussion, there is a significant sample that is still unaware of it despite its media coverage. Furthermore, the subjects’ cultural responsiveness is illustrative of the cultural traits of the Romanians, pointing to the slowness of the cultural change in spite of the incontestable economic growth of the country.

Keywords: post-2021 Afghan situation; women; gender equality; cultural values; cultural receptiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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