Inside the land of silent women

How do you live in a society where you can’t speak in public? Where you can’t travel to work without a chaperone? Where you can’t leave the city with your family? We speak to a young woman in Afghanistan who tries to explain. And as Afghanistan’s national cricket team faces off against South Africa this week – how is the nation enforcing a gender apartheid not facing boycott?

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Host: Manveen Rana.

Guests:

• Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent, The Sunday Times.
• A female doctor in Afghanistan.

Clips: Afghanistan Cricket Board, Sky Sports.

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Episode artwork: Getty Images.

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