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Afghan educationalist wins Jonathan Mann Award

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Interview with Prof. Sakena Yacoobi

Under the Taliban's rule in Afghanistan education for girls was banned. Founder of the Afghan Institute of Learning, Prof. Sakena Yacoobi, has ensured that girls and women can access education - through undergrounds schools when necessary. Prof. Yacoobi talks with Global Health TV's Stephen Horn about the challenges she has faced and how she managed to overcome these to deliver education to more than 350,000 women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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