The Christian Science Monitor, has an interesting article written by Scott Baldauf, regarding the question of chaperones for Afghan women.Al-Hajj Abdul Jabbar Shalgarai, a conservative legislator, told the Afghan parliament that two female parliamentarians recently went to London to participate in a major donor's conference, it was a breach of the law. He stated that they were all obliged to follow the Islamic sharia law, which forbids women - including women parliamentarians - from taking long journeys without being accompanied by a male member of the family.
He also described how, "In some countries, the women work outside the house, and then come home and they have to cook, and wash clothes, and look after the children too..in Western cultures, women are equal to a pack of chewing gum. You can see their images on a box of soap or a bottle of shampoo. That makes women just a part of business."
Full article: Afghan Parliament debates chaperones for women
