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Episode: Zahra Joya on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan with Akriti Saraswat, Daniëlle Hirsch and music by Naaz
Description: As a journalist reporting on Afghan women’s rights, Zahra Joya was forced to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Through her platform Rukhshana Media, Joya is now determined to give a voice to the women of Afghanistan. With Afghanistan becoming increasingly less accessible to the international media, Afghan women’s stories are rarely covered. As a result, Afghan women’s voices are not only silenced at home, but overlooked by the rest of the world too. Today, journalist and Time Woman of the Year Zahra Joya will outline the current situation in Afghanistan and the...