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Women Who Dared To Speak

Women who dared to speak out for the causes they believe in

World Service,6 episodes

Episodes

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Fatana Gailani - An Afghan Crusader
An Afghan woman threatened for educated and articulate criticism of the Taliban
01 Dec 1998,28 mins
Dr Zhang Shuyun - Saving China's Orphans
A doctor who took on the might of the Chinese government and was forced to flee
08 Dec 1998,28 mins
Virginia Vargas - Peru
In her fight for women's rights she has clashed with the Catholic church and Shining Path
15 Dec 1998,28 mins
Olayinka Koso-Thomas - Sierra Leone
Warning: personal accounts and very graphic descriptions of female genital mutilation
16 Dec 1998,28 mins,
Jadranka Cigelj - Bosnia
Jadranka Cigelj has worked ceaselessly to have rape prosecuted as a war crime
09 Feb 1999,28 mins,
Taslima Nasrin - Bangladesh
Taslima Nasrin, an author and feminist in Bangladesh who has condemned Islamic law there
16 Feb 1999,28 mins