Afghanistan: Women disconnected
The chance to work or to learn is becoming nearly impossible
Business Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Women and girls in Afghanistan have been excluded from much of the working world, as well as from the chance to get an education.
Many are finding ways to bring in an income for their families, but a 48-hour internet shutdown threatened this recently.
We hear the experiences of shopkeepers, tech workers and charity bosses in the country.
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Producer/presenter: Hannah Bewley
(Photo: Afghan women in burkas walk along a road in the Argo district of Badakhshan province, 28 August, 2025. Credit: Getty Images)