Now that most of the Taliban is no longer in Mingora, Pakistan, the women have returned back to their jobs and the way their lives were before the Taliban came two years ago. They are no longer forced to wear a burqa, a head covering that is very difficult for them to see through with netting over the eyes. With the Taliban there, all women who worked in a public place were forced to wear a burqa, including those who worked in hospitals. Women were also prevented from going to traditional women's shopping areas. Many families who had the money available migrated to larger cities in Pakistan while the Taliban was occupying Mingora.
The part about the women having to wear a burqa in public was a little disheartening. On the news, they are always talking about progress that has been made in Pakistan for women and to hear that they have went in reverse is horrible. And to read that even the women who worked inside of hospitals had to wear these coverings too seemed quite ridiculous. The nurses would obviously have a hard time trying to see if they were doing something right on a patient, especially if it was something as careful as helping out with an operation. I was just relieved to find out that the Taliban, for the most part, has left Mingora and that the women can now return to the lives that they are used to.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/world/asia/23burqa.html?_r=2
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That is very sad that they have to wear such things. I am glad that they got some of thier freedom back, but it is still ashame that women world wide are mistreated so wrong, but they always look up to women to go through child-bearing and everything else that goes along with a womans role. I can't only imagine how they could even see or live likt that. Glad to know they don't have to wear those anymore!
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