Pakistani women are breaking taboos to support their families

TO GO WITH Pakistan-mountaineering-women,FEATURE BY GOHAR ABBASIn this photograph taken on August 4, 2014, Pakistani students take part in a lesson at the Shimshal Mountaineering School in Shimshal village in the northern Hunza valley. Breaking taboos and pursuing jobs traditionally done by men, the first batch of women to train as high altitude guides at northern Pakistans remote Shimshal Mountaineering School are preparing to put four years of hard study to the test. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI

In the mountains of Pakistan, women are taking on jobs traditionally held by men.

A GROUP of young Pakistani girls sit on a carpeted floor listening, as their teacher writes on a whiteboard, preparing his students for the rigours of climbing some of the world's highest peaks.