News - June 2024
L'équipe de Radio Begum célébrant la journée du 8 mars.
On March 8, 2024, we celebrated women rights’ day. On this occasion, the Radio Begum team organized a festive day in Kabul, full of joy and hope.
Regarding the security context, freedoms continue to decline in Afghanistan as the province of Khost saw in February the publication of a written directive to the media stating the prohibition of all phone contact between women and girls with the audio and visual media. The letter declared: "The misuse of these educational and social programs leads to illegitimate telephone contact between girls and program producers, not only promoting moral corruption, but also violating Islamic norms." Despite this ban, we can see that women are resisting, as some of them continue to call our programs from this region.
Finally, Saturday March 23 marked the start of the new school year in Afghanistan, and for the third year in a row middle and high school girls were deprived of schooling. These years of restrictions are putting a severe strain on the mental health of young Afghan women, who are showing signs of severe depression and even suicidal tendencies. We are responding to this terrible situation by strengthening our educational and psychological support services.
Celebrating the launch of Begum TV, these women raise their fists as a sign of victory and strength.
