Dutch Ban Burkas

[DanaC]

She only wore the veil because there was a mixed sex staff.....that said, on that occassion I think the woman was out of line. Reason being, that she attended her interview at the school without a veil. She was interviewed by a man and obviously decided that with her veil she wouldn't be given the job. Fair enough, I can see her point.....but the people who employed her, as a classroom assistant for children who were learning English as a second language, were therefore not aware of what they were taking on. Given that the children were learning English as a second language, I would have thought that being able to see the mouth shapes of words, would be pretty important.

That was one case. The vast majority of women who wear veils do not find it impeding on their ability to do their job or engage with the world. The trouble is we only really hear about the extreme cases.