Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Underground Girls of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world to be born a girl, according to UNICEF. While most girls are illiterate and forced into marriage, boys have a lot more freedom, including the right to go to school. So, some parents are disguising their girls and raising them as boys, a practice known as bacha posh.
Afghanistan is the most dangerous place in the world to be born a girl, according to UNICEF. While most girls are illiterate and forced into marriage, boys have a lot more freedom, including the right to go to school. So, some parents are disguising their girls and raising them as boys, a practice known as bacha posh.