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Sima Samar - Chairperson, Afghan Human Rights Commission

Zeinab Badawi talks to Dr Sima Samar, Afghanistan's first ever Minister for Women's Affairs. Does she have the right strategy to win greater freedoms for Afghan women?

Afghanistan is reckoned to be one of the worst places on Earth to be a woman. Forced early marriage, high maternal mortality rates and little secondary education. HARDtalk talks to Dr Sima Samar, a medical doctor, educator and Chairperson of Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission. Ten years ago she also became her country's first ever Minister for Women's Affairs. She has been a pioneer for human rights in Afghanistan but does she have the right strategy to win greater freedoms for Afghan women?

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Presenter Zeinab Badawi

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