UN presses Taliban to reverse restrictions on women; author and journalist Carl Honoré on reasons for optimism; and Pope Francis says homosexuality is not a crime
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A UN delegation to Afghanistan has urged the Taliban to reverse restrictions on women working or receiving an education. Matt Galloway talks to the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet; and Nargis Nehan, a human rights advocate and a former acting minister in Afghanistan’s government.
Then, we continue our Reasons for Optimism series with Canadian author and journalist Carl Honoré. He says if we’re to take one lesson from the pandemic, it should be to take our foot off the accelerator and enjoy a slower pace in life.
And Pope Francis has said that being gay is not a crime, but still referred to homosexuality in terms of “sin.” We discuss the significance of his statement with Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest and editor-at-large of America Media; Sister Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of the New Ways Ministry, which supports LGBTQ rights; and Mark Guevarra, a PhD student at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif.