Asila Wardak, an Afghan women’s rights activist, says that Afghan women who previously worked as pilots, doctors, engineers, and police officers are now turning to tailoring and carpet weaving to meet their basic living needs due to restrictions.
She described this situation as a painful reality for Afghan women and called on the international community not to remain silent on the issue of women’s rights in Afghanistan.
According to her, restrictions on women’s education and employment have deprived thousands of professionally and highly educated women of their jobs. During the republican era, hundreds of women served in the air force alone, and many other women were active in fields such as healthcare, engineering, education, and others.
Now, due to these restrictions, many women remain confined to their homes, and some are facing severe economic and social hardships.
Meanwhile, the shortage of female doctors and healthcare workers in the country’s medical centers has increased public concern. Many families say that the absence of female specialists has made access to healthcare services for women more difficult.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has also stated that in Afghanistan, around 600 mothers per 100,000 births lose their lives during childbirth due to the lack of adequate healthcare services and female doctors.
Writer:Saeed Sameer
