During Taliban rule, women weren’t allowed to leave the house without being accompanied by a man. Feroza Mushtari defied that rule when she dressed up as a man to take a pregnant woman to the hospital and saved her life. Now, she devotes her time to helping all women in her country get better maternal health. The World’s Shirin Jaafari has this story from Kabul.
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