Afghanistan’s women journalists don’t need saving – they need supporting
28 August 2021
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/no...alists-dont-need-saving-they-need-supporting/
Sumaya escaped to Pakistan last week through an emergency visa scheme.
She loathes the question of “whether the new Taliban is indeed moderate”.
The presence of women in any public sector in anathema to the Taliban, she says,
recollecting the “bad years”. Sumaya’s youth was marked by extreme restrictions
under Taliban rule, including a lack of access to education.
The possibility of a ‘reformed’ Taliban rings especially hollow for the many women
workers fleeing the country to save their own lives and those of their families.
“I could not leave my home without a male guardian, let alone pursue a career,”
Sumaya told me from Pakistan.
Within days of the Tablian takeover, more women were seen on streets accompanied
by similar guardians, especially in rural areas of the country.
28 August 2021
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/no...alists-dont-need-saving-they-need-supporting/
Sumaya escaped to Pakistan last week through an emergency visa scheme.
She loathes the question of “whether the new Taliban is indeed moderate”.
The presence of women in any public sector in anathema to the Taliban, she says,
recollecting the “bad years”. Sumaya’s youth was marked by extreme restrictions
under Taliban rule, including a lack of access to education.
The possibility of a ‘reformed’ Taliban rings especially hollow for the many women
workers fleeing the country to save their own lives and those of their families.
“I could not leave my home without a male guardian, let alone pursue a career,”
Sumaya told me from Pakistan.
Within days of the Tablian takeover, more women were seen on streets accompanied
by similar guardians, especially in rural areas of the country.
