Women took to streets in Afghanistan demanding right to work
  • 3 years ago
Defiant Afghan women held a rare protest saying they were willing to accept the burqa if their daughters could still go to school under Taliban rule. They said that it is our right to have education, work, and security. The group of around 50 female demonstrators chanted, waving placards on the streets of Afghanistan's western city of Herat. During the Taliban's first stint in power, before being ousted by a US-led invasion in 2001, women and girls were mostly denied education and employment. Watch this video.