AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ( VIDEO )

Sixty-year-old Ghoma is sitting in a classroom for the first time in her life. These women are ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______1_____ age, but that isn’t stopping them from learning how __________2____________.

Sherifa grew up in a home __________3_____________   didn’t believe  girls should have an education, but her husband doesn’t feel the same, _______4_________    she is now able to attend this class.

Because of our age, we cannot go to regular schools, that’s why we’re here. We came here so that __________5_________and get an education.

Women are slowly becoming more vocal in a culture _________6__________ any real power, education, they believe, would give them just that.

I want to become a teacher ________7____________  teach other women. I’ll encourage other girls to study and have an education because it will play a beneficial role in our lives.

Thousands of women in this province have had to ________8________ themselves after losing their husbands during the wars. These are some of them. Maybe they aren’t lucky enough _________9_________  literacy classes, but at least, they are learning crafts.

Over one hundred women are benefiting from this local project making just enough money ________10_________   their sewing and embroidery.

It is a big _________11____________improving the lives of the women of Kandahar. Just a few years ago, they weren’t able to venture __________12____________ without a male escort. Today things have changed. They come to bazars and some are fighting back. This woman is one of them,  her predecessor was gunned down __________13___________ last year. Ronata Ree knows she could be next, but it is not the Taliban _________14___________, but a culture which ___________15______________ women. The Taliban is not the ________16___________, the biggest problem for women is Pashtun culture, which doesn’t believe in __________17____________. A generation of women may have never had the chance to change their lives for the better, and for those who are now trying, it may be ___________18____________ before conservative traditions are locked away.