Welcome to Sex, Body and Soul. I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show,

we talk about the marvel that is our bodies and souls, what they can do and what we need to thrive.

You out there, listen up. We have some pretty hard but juicy conversations here, and you need to hear this.

Let's go.

Our next guest, Dr. Tabinda Sarush, is the international CEO of Pathfinder. She is based in Karachi, Pakistan, as a human rights and public health expert with a focus on delivering

women's health services. She does this all across the Middle East, Asia and

Africa. On this show, we're going to understand what it's like as a girl to live and grow up

in Pakistan, while managing your sexual and reproductive health, both getting access to the

information you need, the services and the health products. In Pakistan, there's

already a culture barrier as well as religion, but now the global health community really

faces many more complications with the ending of USAID.

Tabinda, welcome to the show. Thank you, Kate.

I'm so excited to be here today and with you.

Well, I'm excited too.

And as you know, I just got back from your part of the world, not Pakistan, exactly, but India.

And so I'm fresh off the boat.

I have so many questions for you.

As you know, I've been a long-term fan of Pathfinder

and the work that you're doing,

so I feel very privileged to be talking to the CEO.

Yes, thank you.

And Kate, I've read so much about the work that she do,

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