Zuhal Azizi and two other Afghan women activists, Rokhshana Rezai and Tahmina Akahil, have tasted freedom in Victoria, but they worry about those they had to leave behind in Afghanistan
As a woman working in a non-governmental organization with foreigners, she knew she was a target.
The Taliban have banned women and girls from secondary and higher education. They dictate what women wear and how they should travel, and restrict their access to work, recently banning women from working in NGOs. Here, she’s tasting freedom for herself, but she worries about her sisters and family left behind. Her sisters, a journalist and a teacher, can no longer work and the family is under constant threat, from her abusive former brother-in-law who has joined the Taliban.
Corey Levine, a Victoria woman who has spent the past 20 years on and off working in Afghanistan, and helped organize the private sponsorships to bring over Azizi, Rezai and Akahil, has seen the drastic change in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over.
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