Afghan women live in fear – CNN video
— UN estimates that 1 in 3 women in Afghanistan experiences physical, sexual, or psychological abuse
— reports on woman who committed suicide to escape by burning herself alive
— interview with Rana Tarin (also spelled Roona Tahrin), head of women’s department who fears being killed, after replacing woman who was killed by Taliban
— women being taught to sow by Rana Tarin, then allowed to take sowing machine home – “the only safe place for a woman in Kandahar to work”
— CNN reporter Paula Hancock states that some women wearing the burqa for “reasons of becoming unrecognizable”
— women’s rights campaigner Shahidah Hussain does not dare to leave home without wearing burqa due to threats against her life
— threats are not unusual for Kandahar women who work, but now they feel unsafe working in their own homes
See also R.E.A.L. postings:
Policy Against Terrorism Begins with Human Rights
R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm Protests the Taliban
Afghan Constitution, Women’s Rights, and the Taliban
Rana Tarin (also spelled Roona Tahrin), head of women's department who fears being killed, after replacing woman who was killed by Taliban (Photo: CNN Clip)
women being taught to sow by Rana Tarin, then allowed to take sowing machine home - "the only safe place for a woman in Kandahar to work" (Photo: CNN clip)
CNN reporter Paula Hancock states that some women wearing the burqa for "reasons of becoming unrecognizable" (Photo: CNN Clip)
women's rights campaigner Shahidah Hussain threatened with death (Photo: CNN Clip)