Hundreds of Educated Women in Afghanistan Forced to Work in Fields Outside Their Expertise

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, hundreds of educated women in Afghanistan are speaking out against the Taliban’s restrictions that have forced them to work in fields outside their expertise.

According to these women, the Taliban has committed the greatest injustice in history by depriving women and girls of the right to work in government and international organizations.

In order to escape house arrest and psychological pressure, these educated women have turned to crafts and professions, including tailoring.

Maryam Karimi is an engineer, but she is sitting behind a sewing machine sewing clothes.

The 26-year-old girl worked for an international organization in Herat city, but after the Taliban banned women from working in domestic and foreign organizations, she lost her job.

Karimi says that she studied with great difficulty and found a job with enthusiasm, but the Taliban have destroyed all of her dreams.

According to her, after months of house arrest and suffering from psychological pressure, she has been forced to turn to tailoring.

“I studied engineering with the hope of working in a field that I am passionate about,” Karimi said. “But the Taliban have taken away my dreams and my right to work.”

Karimi is one of many educated women in Afghanistan who have been forced to change their career path due to the Taliban’s restrictions.

The Taliban has said that it will allow women to work in certain fields, but it has not provided any concrete details.

In the meantime, many educated women are struggling to find ways to support themselves and their families.