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Syrian Women At Risk Of Losing New Economic Power To Tradition

Syrian refugees weaving baskets in Lebanon
Syrian refugees weaving baskets in Lebanon John Cummings

The war in Syria has transformed the place women hold in the workforce, providing opportunities previously reserved for men.

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In Afghanistan, The Bravery To Be A Waitress

An Afghan woman works as a waitress at a wedding hall in Kabul.
An Afghan woman works as a waitress at a wedding hall in Kabul. Ghayor Waziri

KABUL — It took me eight days to convince 37-year-old Gul Rukh to let me conduct this interview. The Afghanistan woman living in Kabul feared talking openly about her waitress job at the Mumtaz Mahal Wedding Hall. “I earn $200 a month at the hotel,” she says. “I am very happy doing my job, but I am treated very badly by society, my relatives and neighbors for doing it. They scoff at me and believe working as a hotel waitress is not a good job for a woman. But when my husband became disabled, I had to find work to […]

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