How the Taliban are trying to 'erase' women in Afghanistan

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

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Journalist Mélissa Cornet and photographer Kiana Hayeri documented the daily lives of more than 100 Afghan girls and women in an attempt to reveal what they have called the "different shades of oppression" under Taliban rule. Then, Suzanne Jones runs Eco-Cycle, a recycling center in Boulder, Colorado that specializes in hard-to-recycle materials. It finds new uses for products like books, toilets, bikes, foam, fire extinguishers and mattresses. And chef Kathy Gunst offers tips for New Year's Eve entertaining.

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0:37.7	It was beautiful to watch how, despite why the Taliban is trying to erase them, they try to exist.
0:45.8	Documenting life for women under the Taliban, from public oppression to small moments of joy.
0:52.5	It's Monday, December 30th, and this is here and now anytime from
0:56.0	NPR and WBOR. I'm Chris Bentley. A little later, we've got some New Year's Eve
1:05.0	entertaining tips from Kathy Gunst. And before that, it can be hard to know what's recyclable. Can that shampoo bottle go
1:13.4	in the bin? What about old books? The mechanics of a single stream plant are not designed
1:19.7	to recover books, right? So it doesn't really belong in your curbside bin. That's coming up in a few
1:25.0	minutes. But first, since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, they've whittled away at civil rights for women.
1:34.2	We reported recently on a ban on women attending nursing or midwifery schools.
1:39.3	They're also banned from many other places.
1:41.5	And when women are in public, they must cover their faces and often
1:45.1	stay silent. But journalist Melissa Cornett and photographer Kiana Hayeri are determined
1:50.4	their voices be heard. They spoke to 100 Afghan women across seven provinces earlier this year
1:56.7	for a project called No Woman's Land. They spoke with Robin Young. What was it like to go back at the beginning of 2024 for this project called No Woman's Land. They spoke with Robin Young.
2:01.8	What was it like to go back at the beginning of 2024 for this project?
2:05.6	And Keanu, I want to start with you.
2:07.8	Sure.
2:08.4	Both Melissa and I continue living in Afghanistan after Taliban took over for about a year and a year a bit.
2:14.7	On the day Taliban took over, I left Kabul that day and I returned six weeks
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