Women Judges and Judge Marzia Barbara Cahale

Judge Marzia Barbara Cahale was working as a family court judge when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1997. She'd set up a shelter for divorced women, helped women leaving abusive marriages and taught women how to read. Nine or ten Taliban fighters broke into her house with guns, looking for her. Her mother and brothers and sisters were inside and she hid for hours. Eventually, they left and she went to check on her mother. "She just said, you know, you have to leave,. you know, just leave and go"