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Afghan Women Return to Education

How one woman was forced into exile when the Taliban discovered she was teaching girls

As Afghan women begin to enrol at university once more since the fall of Kabul, the programme looks at the woman forced into exile when her clandestine classes for girls were discovered by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Also on the programme: Why Japanese women are fighting to retain their surname after marriage. Plus, a look at the women joining ranks of the Bangladesh army.

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28 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project