SIM Ep 935 Chops 284: Zahra Nader on the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan

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🗓️ 21 January 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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If ever a subject demanded a bit more of our time, it’s what’s happening to women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Zahra Nader, editor-in-chief of Zan Times, a brilliant, women-led investigative newsroom, covering the human rights crisis in Afghanistan with a focus on women, is well-placed to tell our Mick what’s really happening on the ground in Afghanistan. Despite the risk to the safety of those involved, since its genesis in August 2022, Zan Times has reported on the rise of child marriage, the impossible choices that women health workers face, the rise of female suicide, femicide and domestic violence, how women journalists continue to fight, and how humanitarian aid is not reaching the most vulnerable, bringing attention to distressing issues that affect women in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Zahra also talks about how letting the Taliban get away with this treatment of women isn’t just bad for women in Afghanistan, it sets a precedent that’s bad for all women. But it’s only women, eh? Maybe that’s why the world seems to have forgotten about this particular, HUGE, human rights issue. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	Hello there and welcome to this week's Sunday chops.
1:09.0	It's Mickey bringing you our weekly long listen interview this week and if ever a subject demanded a bit more of our time
1:16.1	It's what's happening to women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban. It ain't pretty I can tell you that much
1:23.0	I was lucky enough to grab half an hour with Zara Nada, editor-in-chief of Zand Times,
1:28.0	a brilliant women-led investigative newsroom covering the human rights crisis in Afghanistan with a focus on women.
1:34.5	Since taking over the country in August 2021 the Taliban have launched a full-scale
1:40.6	war on women's social and public presence. They have also attacked press freedom across
1:45.3	the board. Despite the risk of the safety of those involved, since its genesis in August
1:50.5	2022, Zand Times has reported on the rise of child marriage, the impossible
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