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Weekend: Afghan women in danger of being erased from public life

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03/03/2024 GMT

Afghan women in danger of being erased from public life

BBC World Service - Weekend, Afghan women in danger of being erased from public life

Taliban to ban women from working in TV if they do not cover their faces

Taliban to ban women from working in TV if they do not cover their faces.

Taliban rulers had warned that if female journalists didn't cover their faces on television, women's participation in the media would be banned altogether.

We speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, warning that women and girls are being erased from public life. 

Also on the programme: Peace talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are due to resume in Cairo shortly as the US carries out first aid drops; and the mayor of Rotterdam says normalising cocaine use is adding to vicious organised crime. 

Joining Paul Henley to discuss all this and more are Isabel Hilton, who is a London-based writer and broadcaster, and Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.

(Photo: An Afghan burqa-clad woman vendor holds a television over her shoulder. Credit: AFP)

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