Inside a secret summit of Afghan women’s rights activists – podcast | News

Inside a secret summit of Afghan women’s rights activists – podcast | News

In August, the Taliban published “vice and virtue” laws that banned women’s voices being heard in public. Weeks later, more than 130 women travelled to Tirana in Albania to attend the All Afghan Women summit to talk about the Taliban’s human rights abuses. The Guardian reporter Annie Kelly spoke to Afghan women at the conference … Read more

The sisters Saudi Arabia tried to silence – podcast | News

The sisters Saudi Arabia tried to silence – podcast | News

Growing up, Fawzia al-Otaibi and her two sisters, Manahel and Maryam, yearned for a different life. Coming from a conservative family and going to school in Saudi Arabia, they chafed against the rules and restrictions imposed on them. When given the chance they would challenge them, to the irritation of teachers who said they were … Read more