, we discuss the very sad situation currently happening in Afghanistan. The Taliban recently took control again and it has had a devastating effect on Afghan women.

We discuss two organizations in the episode that are linked below as well. Please donate if you feel inclined to. You can also donate items such as bedsheets, masks, feminine hygiene products, toiletries, etc. Anything helps!

https://womenforafghanwomen.org/

https://secure.everyaction.com/tC-P3zSP1EqRjJbuoVrryg2

Sources:

Women in the Olympics by Heather Rule

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Lou-Retton

https://www.biography.com/athlete/mary-lou-retton

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/taliban-afghanistan

--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/you-me-and-the-girls/support1d:T50f,Twenty years since the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban have once again seized power of the country. In the months leading up to the fall of the nation’s capital, National Geographic photographer Kiana Hayeri and writer Jason Motlagh heard the stories of young Afghans struggling for a better future. In the time since this reporting, some of the people featured have died or have become unreachable. For more information on this episode, visit nationalgeographic.com/overheard. Want more? Read Jason and Kiana’s full article about the people of Afghanistan, just a few months before the Taliban takeover. After her evacuation from Kabul, Kiana sat down with us for an extended interview. Learn more about the life of Sharbat Gula, the famed “Afghan girl,” whose portrait became National Geographic’s most famous cover photo ever. In Afghanistan,

Rules for Women Under Taliban Law