NEW HAVEN, Connecticut šC Owing to the pandemic and other calamities, many referred to 2020 as a ¡°biblical year.¡±
Now, however, it is starting to look like we are in a ¡°biblical decade.¡± Between the floods in Western Europe, the wildfires in Greece and Turkey and the delta and mu variants of COVID-19, our planet and traditional way of life are coming increasingly under pressure.
Yet nothing this year can compare to the tragedy that is being visited upon Afghanistan¡¯s 19 million women. While those of us in advanced economies contemplate the excesses of our modern society, Afghan women face an acute threat of being plunged back into the dark ages.
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