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Women Who Dared To Speak Episodes

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    Taslima Nasrin - Bangladesh

    Taslima Nasrin, an author and feminist in Bangladesh who has condemned Islamic law there

  2. Jadranka Cigelj - Bosnia

    Jadranka Cigelj has worked ceaselessly to have rape prosecuted as a war crime

  3. Olayinka Koso-Thomas - Sierra Leone

    Warning: personal accounts and very graphic descriptions of female genital mutilation

  4. Virginia Vargas - Peru

    In her fight for women's rights she has clashed with the Catholic church and Shining Path

  5. Dr Zhang Shuyun - Saving China's Orphans

    A doctor who took on the might of the Chinese government and was forced to flee

  6. Fatana Gailani - An Afghan Crusader

    An Afghan woman threatened for educated and articulate criticism of the Taliban