Young leaders making change

 As I'll have the pleasure and honor to interview tv-producer Sami Mahdi, I began my search for the perfect questions. He is the producer of a talk show Niqab (Mask), abused women are given the change to tell their storien behind a mask. It is very rare to meet a man who fights for women rights as openly as he does.

It wasn't only about the maltreatment of girls and women of Afghanistan why I got interested of him, it is all about the future of the country. To use the media to create something positive and to change the country. I am eternal optimist and hope I will be able to change the country throw tv-programs, too.

I didn't know much about Afghanistan and began my task from the very beginning, from NATO and US. The oppression of Afghan women was used as a justification for overthrowing the Taliban regime. The former first lady Laura Bush said after the US began bombing Afghanistan on the 7th October 2001 that "The fight against terrorism is also a fight for the rights and dignity of women".

Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be born female. 86 procent give birth without trained help and even in hospitals the midviwes abuse during labour (source:RAWA). Some women are given only half an hour to deliver. According to the Save the Children 14 procent of births are attended by professional birth attendants. In 2012 new midwives will be gratuating, it's estimated that 800 will join the current ones. Problems in Afghanistan are the location of clinics, old traditions, reluctant husbands, bad roads and poor transportation facilities.

 Is Afghanistan heading in the right direnction with its young leaders? When I write young leaders, I mean this generation's women and men together, not the women alone. This will be my main question to Sami. Can't wait to hear what he has to say.

Check this site and Alexis Myers's blog: Positive Change in the “Most Dangerous Country for Women” 

Young leaders making change