"A woman who leaves her home needs to be escorted by a man."
In Afghanistan, these women keep protesting against the Taliban's repressive rule ... Brut spoke to one of them. Meet Hoda Khamosh.
In Afghanistan, these women keep protesting against the Taliban's repressive rule ... Brut spoke to one of them. Meet Hoda Khamosh.
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00:00This is Hoda Qamish.
00:11She's a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
00:15Since the Taliban's return to power, she has taken part in regular protests against the
00:19regime's restrictions of women's rights.
00:22But these protests are systematically suppressed by the Taliban, and on December 28, 2001,
00:35the Taliban shot into the air and used tear gas on 50 or so women who had come to Kabul
00:40to protest peacefully.
00:41The evening before the protest, the Taliban announced new restrictions that specifically
01:07target women.
01:08Among them is a ban that prevents women from traveling by cab further than 45 miles unless
01:13they have a male chaperone.
01:15This restriction is just one among a long list of bans imposed on women by the Taliban
01:20since their return to power in August 2021.
01:38This is Hoda Qamish, a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
02:02This is Hoda Qamish, a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
02:26This is Hoda Qamish, a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
02:50This is Hoda Qamish, a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.
03:18This is Hoda Qamish, a 27-year-old writer and women's rights activist in Afghanistan.