Women's rights activist to leaders at UN: Don't let Taliban fool you


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Artist and activist Sonita Alizadeh speaks during the plenary session "Girl, Uninterrupted: Increasing Opportunity During Adolescence" at the Clinton Global Initiative 2016 (CGI) in New York, U.S., September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghan rapper and activist, Sonita Alizadeh, fled her homeland with her family when it was last ruled by the Taliban more than two decades ago - when women could not work, had to cover their faces and girls were banned from school.

She urged world leaders on Tuesday to stand up for the rights of women and girls now the Taliban had returned to power.

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