Message #10835

[dragonladybug]

I read just this morning an article about how less than one generation ago, women basically ran much of the business in Afghanistan.  Women were the doctors, teachers, farmers and leaders.  Approximately 40% of Afghanistan's doctors are women, who are now prohibited from working.  This is the reason the majority of Afghan women have no access to health care.  Under current law, women cannot be seen by a male doctor, and female doctors cannot practice.



Many of these women who are now confined to their homes, with windows painted black and forced to wear the burqua any time they step outside, were highly educated, professional women.   To me this is much worse than never having freedom - having your freedom forcibly taken from you.