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Updates in 2025 to Global Geneva Insights articles
Women
Afghan women's radio station to resume broadcasts after Taliban say they're lifting suspension. — 23 February 2025 (LINK)
— Radio Begum launched on International Women's Day in March 2021, five months before the Taliban seized power amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. The station's content is produced entirely by Afghan women. Its sister satellite channel, Begum TV, operates from France and broadcasts programs that cover the Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade. The Taliban have banned education for women and girls in the country beyond grade six.
Lessons from Afghanistan: Open press and mothers the only way to end Putin's war (LINK)
Culture
Banksy "Crude Oil (Vettriano)" art for sale by Blink-182 bassist is going up for auction, with an estimate of up to $6.3m, with some of the proceeds helping victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. — 18 February 2025 (LINK)
Banksy's street art comes to a new Swiss centre (LINK)
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