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PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Afghan Woman Silkworms - Ahmadzai
HEADLINE: Afghan Woman Raises Silkworms After Losing Her Job Following Taliban Takeover
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 05/30/2022 at 10:55am
BYLINE: Safiullah Ahmadzai
CONTRIBUTOR: Rahim Gul Sarwan, Anne Ball
DATELINE: Herat
VIDEOGRAPHER: Safiullah Ahmadzai
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; BR
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original | VOA Afghan Service
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:12
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
EDITOR NOTES: ENGLISH WEB EDITORS: ((Please send the edited copy Bezhan and Roshan))
Video
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((INTRO))
[[Many Afghan women who lost jobs after the Taliban seized power in the country are now trying to support their families by running home businesses. That’s what Shataba Jalal is doing and her business requires a very special skill. Safiullah Ahmadzai has the story, narrated by Anne Ball.]]
((NARRATOR))
The only way Shataba Jalal can help support her family is to run a business in her home.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female in Dari)))
“The Taliban are the reason that we are staying home. We can’t work outdoors. They won’t even let us walk on the streets without a male family member with us. Since I am forced to stay home, I thought let’s start a silkworm farm in my home with my husband. We bought silkworms and now raise them”.
((NARRATOR))
Shataba lives in the western Afghan province of Heart.
The silkworms she and her husband raise at their house produce silk which they sell in the local market.
But the money they make is much less than the $300 a month Shataba earned at her job before the Taliban takeover. The silkworm business will bring in less than $800 a year, she says – but at least she has a way to make money.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female, Dari))
“A woman who has no male member of the family, or a single woman how do they survive? They had jobs as teachers in schools or public service, now nothing.”
((NARRATOR))
Shataba, who is 27, has some college education and is a mother.
Before the Taliban returned to power, she worked for non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan.
Shataba hopes the international community will continue to press the Taliban to lift restrictions on women and re-open secondary schools to girls.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female, Dari))
“I personally wish to get my freedom back like I had in the past and to continue my activities”.
((NARRATOR))
If the Taliban refuses to lift their restrictions on girls’ education and women’s freedom to work and move around freely, Shataba says many Afghan women will be forced to leave the country.
((For Safiullah Ahmadzai in Heart, Afghanistan, Anne Ball, VOA News))
Transcript/ScriptUSAGM SHARE
PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Afghan Woman Silkworms - Ahmadzai
HEADLINE: Afghan Woman Raises Silkworms After Losing Her Job Following Taliban Takeover
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 05/30/2022 at 10:55am
BYLINE: Safiullah Ahmadzai
CONTRIBUTOR: Rahim Gul Sarwan, Anne Ball
DATELINE: Herat
VIDEOGRAPHER: Safiullah Ahmadzai
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; BR
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA Original | VOA Afghan Service
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:12
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
EDITOR NOTES: ENGLISH WEB EDITORS: ((Please send the edited copy Bezhan and Roshan))
Video
)).
((INTRO))
[[Many Afghan women who lost jobs after the Taliban seized power in the country are now trying to support their families by running home businesses. That’s what Shataba Jalal is doing and her business requires a very special skill. Safiullah Ahmadzai has the story, narrated by Anne Ball.]]
((NARRATOR))
The only way Shataba Jalal can help support her family is to run a business in her home.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female in Dari)))
“The Taliban are the reason that we are staying home. We can’t work outdoors. They won’t even let us walk on the streets without a male family member with us. Since I am forced to stay home, I thought let’s start a silkworm farm in my home with my husband. We bought silkworms and now raise them”.
((NARRATOR))
Shataba lives in the western Afghan province of Heart.
The silkworms she and her husband raise at their house produce silk which they sell in the local market.
But the money they make is much less than the $300 a month Shataba earned at her job before the Taliban takeover. The silkworm business will bring in less than $800 a year, she says – but at least she has a way to make money.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female, Dari))
“A woman who has no male member of the family, or a single woman how do they survive? They had jobs as teachers in schools or public service, now nothing.”
((NARRATOR))
Shataba, who is 27, has some college education and is a mother.
Before the Taliban returned to power, she worked for non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan.
Shataba hopes the international community will continue to press the Taliban to lift restrictions on women and re-open secondary schools to girls.
((Shataba Jalal, Herat Resident (Female, Dari))
“I personally wish to get my freedom back like I had in the past and to continue my activities”.
((NARRATOR))
If the Taliban refuses to lift their restrictions on girls’ education and women’s freedom to work and move around freely, Shataba says many Afghan women will be forced to leave the country.
((For Safiullah Ahmadzai in Heart, Afghanistan, Anne Ball, VOA News))
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