since the taliban took over. masouma , not her real name, was a public prosecutor in afghanistan. she has written to one of britain s most distinguished lawyers, baroness helena kennedy qc, who worked with the international bar association to rescue female judges from the country as the taliban took over. i m proud to be a woman public prosecutor who worked in thejudiciary. i always strived to serve my people but now i can t return to the job i love and that consumes my thoughts. when the taliban took kabul, i knew a new war was going to be declared on women. i knew that into their sights would come the women who dared to sit injudgment on men, that women who had taken on public roles would live in mortal danger. women who were refusing to be subordinate to men. colleagues who worked in the judiciary are trying to leave.
nine thousand such deaths in 2020 with the rate for men around double that for women. the lives of many women in afghanistan were transformed overnight when the taliban took control in august. as part of the bbc s 100 women season, afghan women have exchanged letters with high profile women who share their interests, to explain how their lives have changed over the last few months. sodaba haidare has more. female leaders from around the world have exchanged letters with women in afghanistan who share their passions for bbc 100 women. high profile women, including youngest ever nobel peace prize laureate malala yousafzai and footballer megan rapinoe, have shared letters with afghan women to deepen their understanding of how life for women in afghanistan has changed since the taliban took over. masouma , not her real name, was