Women’s and girls’ freedoms and opportunities have eroded at an alarming rate in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power there three years ago. But there is little agreement internationally or even among Afghans on how to reverse that trend. Intense ethnic and ideological divisions between Afghan women activists in the diaspora aren’t helping. Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson speaks to former Afghan education minister Rangina Hamidi and Human Rights Watch’s Heather Barr. 

This episode was made possible by Jutta von Falkenhausen and was produced and edited by Eden Brockman and Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson. 

Music: “Reflecting Pool” by Mr Smith, courtesy of Free Music Archive (CC BY)