LONDON, April 4 (UPI) -- The wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday kicked off a discussion group on women's rights in Afghanistan.
Cherie Booth, who has remained a practicing lawyer during her husband's premiership, is also a member of the Queen's Counsel focusing on human-rights issues.
At the roundtable on women in Afghanistan hosted by the British Foreign Office, Booth was joined by members of British non-profit groups as well as representatives from Britain's Afghan and Muslim communities.
The London meeting focused on how women could participate in government and discussed issues such as women's rights under Islamic rule and the role of women in economic as well as social development.
The discussion is part of the Afghan professional women program sponsored by the Foreign Office to allow personnel exchange between the two countries.
