Kimberley Motley, a human rights lawyer and the subject of the 2015 documentary “Motley’s Law,” has a unique perspective on life in Afghanistan. And she wants Americans to know — whatever they may see through news coverage of the country’s collapse, the reality on the ground for women under Taliban rule will be far worse.
“We’re seeing in real time the erasure of women from society” in Afghanistan, Motley told Variety. “We’re seeing women’s faces in public spaces are being painted over. There are way less women on the streets of Kabul now.”
Motley is currently in North Carolina, where Motley Legal Services is based. Her many contacts in Afghanistan have reported shocking conditions over the past few days as the country fell to the brutal militants that previously controlled large swaths of the nation of 38 million, about 20 million of which are women.
Motley is troubled by...
“We’re seeing in real time the erasure of women from society” in Afghanistan, Motley told Variety. “We’re seeing women’s faces in public spaces are being painted over. There are way less women on the streets of Kabul now.”
Motley is currently in North Carolina, where Motley Legal Services is based. Her many contacts in Afghanistan have reported shocking conditions over the past few days as the country fell to the brutal militants that previously controlled large swaths of the nation of 38 million, about 20 million of which are women.
Motley is troubled by...
- 8/18/2021
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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