By Golnar Motevalli
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's first woman mayor is determined to improve one of the country's newest and poorest provinces, but she is concerned women's rights in the former Taliban state are getting worse.
"I was very happy to get this job, especially being the first woman to be a mayor in Afghanistan, but there are some men who think a woman couldn't do this job," Azra Jafari told Reuters.
"Unfortunately, Afghan society has not yet become a society which can accept that women are able to do this job, like any other person."
Jafari is just two weeks into her new post....
"Unfortunately, day by day, the position of women fades ... We had three or four women ministers during the interim government period, now we have one." Read more ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's first woman mayor is determined to improve one of the country's newest and poorest provinces, but she is concerned women's rights in the former Taliban state are getting worse.
"I was very happy to get this job, especially being the first woman to be a mayor in Afghanistan, but there are some men who think a woman couldn't do this job," Azra Jafari told Reuters.
"Unfortunately, Afghan society has not yet become a society which can accept that women are able to do this job, like any other person."
Jafari is just two weeks into her new post....
"Unfortunately, day by day, the position of women fades ... We had three or four women ministers during the interim government period, now we have one." Read more ...
Source: Reuters
H/T: Dhimmi Watch
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