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Sadly, this week we’re discussing two huge losses in the fight for women’s rights. Texas and Afghanistan, the whole world is watching.

Theme music is “Get Happy Now” by Podington Bear.

Links:

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/02/rare-public-display-dozens-women-afghanistan-protest-taliban-rule-gender-based-violence/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/03/afghanistan-women-defiant-amid-taliban-crackdown
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Afghanistan
• https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/17/fragility-womens-rights-afghanistan
• https://www.brookings.edu/essay/the-fate-of-womens-rights-in-afghanistan/
• https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
• https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034008380/tiktok-texas-abortion-ban-spam-website-activists
• https://www.npr.org/2021/09/03/1034008380/tiktok-texas-abortion-ban-spam-website-activists
• https://youtu.be/Xw06MpnZNvU
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-go-door-to-door-telling-fearful-afghans-work-2021-08-18/