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Jan 2022
23m 56s

Women Building Peace: Afghanistan

Bbc World Service
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"Lama", a student in Afghanistan who fears for her safety since the Taliban takeover, speaks to the country's former education minister Rangina Hamidi, who fled to the United States, and to former US Secretary of State and campaigner for women's rights Hillary Clinton.

A co-production by BBC and Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Presenter: Suzanne Kianpour Produced by Philip Reevell for BBC World Service

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