At 80 years old, I am one of those grandmothers. My life has not been quite as difficult as that of the woman you write about, but I know what it is like to live in a patriarchal society in which men care very little for women as human beings. I, too, do not want to go back--or see any young woman be forced to go back.

You are right: We women need to "keep talking, keep sharing and keep pushing."