Powerful Women Can Change the World — Are You One of Them?

We can make a difference in meaningful ways.

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As my Golden Retriever, Merlin, and I took our daily walk, we passed the Islamic mosque not far from our neighborhood. I looked up to see the warming morning sun shining through the metal crescent moon atop the building.

Changes are brewing

Images of Middle Eastern countries where mosques are a common sight came to mind. My immediate thought was of the women in many of these countries and how repressed they are even today in advancing women’s rights.

In Saudi Arabia, for example, women were finally given the right to drive. However, many conditions are in place, making it difficult to do so.

Courageous activists were imprisoned immediately before lifting the restrictions and remained there, enduring torture. Specific archaic ways, such as parents choosing a husband for their daughter, are ongoing despite protestation.

Now in Afghanistan, since the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the Taliban has already re-established itself as the commanding force. Women will again be restrained and set back 20 years to where they were before the U.S. entered the country.