Afghan working women still face perils at home and office 0 SHARES Share it! Educated Afghan women, the torchbearer’s of a drive to improve women’s rights since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, say they still face hostility, be it from conservative family members or hardline Islamist groups, for pursuing professional and financial independence. “The Taliban want to kill women who work with men. Women could study and work, he said, but the intermingling of the genders ought to be kept in check in Afghanistan. Until April, thousands of Afghan women now working for the government were happy to bring their children to the office.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 20, 2019 01:52 UTC