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The Diversity Trust Podcast #17 Mina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mina is today’s guest on The Diversity Trust’s Equalities podcast, with Series 5 exploring the theme of access to education.
Mina’s professional career was cut short when the Taliban took over in 2021. A human rights defender from Afghanistan, she works ceaselessly to address gender apartheid within her country. The Taliban is systematically annihilating women’s rights and stopping women and girls from accessing education.

Mina continues to fight, in turn both speaking out and taking practical measures to support other women and girls. She refuses to remain silent as a protest against the fact that so many women and girls are oppressed and now simply too terrified to speak out. She does this at great personal risk and is all too aware of the dangers that she faces.

She does everything she can to keep the flame of hope burning for all women and girls in her country. She also has a voice on the global stage, holding the world to account for failing to take enough adequate measures to halt the gender-fuelled atrocities that are happening every day and getting progressively worse. She is very clear that all of us have a responsibility to do something about the situation in Afghanistan and, if we fail, then this could set a precedent for other women around the world.

Mina is interviewed by Annie Moon, Deputy CEO at The Diversity Trust. Annie is a strong believer that everyone can do something to help their fellow human beings and that the starting point for this is kindness. She does pro bono advocacy in the field of human rights.

 

Further reading:
• What the world needs to do for Afghan women (Inkstick, September, 2023) – https://inkstickmedia.com/what-the-world-needs-to-do-for-afghan-women/
• Malala Fund – Afghanistan – https://malala.org/countries/afghanistan
• Education for girls is not a ‘minor issue’ for Afghans, nor for the world (The New Humanitarian, 1st July, 2024) – https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2024/07/01/education-girls-not-minor-issue-afghans-nor-world
• ‘No future’: Afghan girls turn to madrassas after being denied ‘modern education’ (Salaam Times and AFP, 20th March, 2023) – https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2023/03/20/feature-02