Many Afghan families rely solely on female breadwinners, yet the latest restrictions threaten to increase hardship and unemployment lines
It has been just days since Gulsoom, the only breadwinner in her family of six, has had no job to go to. But she is already feeling desperate.restrictions on women. The first time was when the extremists came to power, and she had to leave her position in the Ministry of Social Affairs. Now, the 28-year-old has lost her job with a private organisation.
“All my efforts were [reduced to] zero with one command of the Taliban,” she says, adding that she has been financially independent since the twelfth grade of school.the latest ban I don’t understand what the Taliban want from women’s lives. How much more miserable could we be than not even having bread to eat?The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has said depriving women of work exacerbates the humanitarian crisis inKarishma, 27, was working as a public relations officer in a Turkish organisation. On Tuesday night she received a message from her office telling her she could no longer come to work.
Karishma has a bachelor’s degree from Kabul University. She had struggled for years to get where she is now, and feels all her efforts have evaporated overnight.at every level. The reaction has been strong. Women have taken to the streets to protest, and have been met with violence and detainment.Countries and international organisations have condemned the ban on women working. International aid agencies say they are withdrawing from Afghanistan after the Taliban ban.
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