Afghan & Iranian Women Speak Out Against Gender Apartheid: A Talk Worth Revisiting

Published on August 9, 2023

As the two-year mark of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15 approaches, we revisit a particularly moving panel discussion from the 2nd Annual Vital Voices Festival centered around gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran featuring Afghan Women’s Rights Activist Metra Mehran and Iranian Actress & Activist Sepideh Moafi. The two sat in conversation with renowned Iraqi Women’s Rights Activist and Vital Voices Board Member Zainab Salbi, founder of Women for Women International and cofounder of Daughters for Earth.


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