Saturday, August 28th, 2021
Special Edition: Afghan Women Under Taliban Rule
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Women and girls in Afghanistan face an uncertain future now that the Taliban controls the country. A generation of women has been able to work and go to school, something they weren’t able to do the last time the Taliban was in power.
The Taliban have promised to be more moderate this time around. But this week, Taliban leaders told women and girls to stay inside for now because they say the group’s soldiers haven’t been “trained” on how to respect women. Guidance like that has many women worried about what their lives will look like, especially once the U.S. and news organizations have left and the world pays less attention.
We’re talking about this today with women’s rights expert and executive director of the Arab Institute for Women, Lina AbiRafeh. She spent two decades as a humanitarian worker overseas, including four years in Afghanistan.
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Guest: Lina AbiRafeh, PhD
Lina AbiRafeh is a global women’s rights expert and a humanitarian aid worker with decades of experience worldwide. Since 2015, she has served as the Executive Director of the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University, an academic/activist institute covering the 22 Arab states. Lina spent over 20 years in development and humanitarian contexts in countries such as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, and others. Her specific expertise is in gender-based violence prevention and response.
Lina is among the Gender Equality Top 100 worldwide for 2018 and 2019. She was awarded a Vital Voices fellowship in 2021 for outstanding women leaders. She was recognized by the Women’s Media Center as one of their Progressive Women’s Voices for 2021 and is featured in their database of experts.
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