Women
      and teaching
Question

                What are the fields which it is permissible for a woman
      to learn? Is it permissible for her to work as a lawyer and take on cases
      representing others as much as she is able to?
Praise be to Allah.Women may learn about their
      religion and whatever will be of use to them in their lives as wives and
      mothers. Then if a woman is able and circumstances are suitable, she may
      learn other things too. There is no reason why she should not learn the
      profession of teaching, whether she teaches in women’s schools or in her
      own home.
      
      
      A woman may also learn medicine and nursing, especially in the field of
      women’s diseases (gynaecology), so that she can be a women’s doctor or
      a women’s nurse, and women will not be forced to go to male doctors.
      
      
      It is permissible for a woman to represent another person in a case, hence
      it is permissible for her to be a lawyer, because lawyers represent
      defendants. However, the field of law nowadays has taken a wrong turning.
      Moreover, the lawyer needs to mix with the defendants and attend court,
      etc., and women are not allowed to do any of these things. So it is not
      appropriate for women to become lawyers so long as things remain as they
      are.