As we mark Freedom Month in this country reminding us of years of an oppressive system, the Malala Fund in partnership with the End Apartheid Gender Campaign, the Civic Engagement Project and Lawyers for Human Rights will this coming Wednesday host a roundtable discussion looking at gender-based discrimination. The gathering made-up of some of South Africa’s prominent women and activists from Afghanistan will explore how law, activism and solidarity can confront structural oppression. The abuse, restriction, brutality and oppression of women in Afghanistan is something that has been in the media for many, many years and to get a sense of how it’s still continuing also whether there is hope at all, we are joined by...  

Guest : Zahra Joya - An Afghan journalist living in London and the editor-in-chief and founder of Rukhshana Media, a news agency reporting on life for women and girls in Afghanistan

Guest: Sahar Halaimzai - Leads the Malala Fund's Afghanistan Initiative, driving advocacy efforts for legal accountability and managing the Afghanistan grant portfolio

Guest: Prof Bonita Meyersfeld - Associate Professor at the Wits School of Law, a human rights lawyer, academic and activist with extensive experience in international law, gender-based violence and corporate accountability. She is also a practising advocate at the Johannesburg Bar