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Exchange Exemplar: Girls Living As Boys In Afghanistan

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The birth of a boy is celebrated in Afghanistan.  The birth of a girl produces very different reactions, almost mourning. 

Through their lives, males and females are treated very differently. 

Even so, it surprised journalist Jenny Nordberg to find girls living disguised as boys in Afghanistan, a situation she covered in the book The Underground Girls of Kabul

Jenny Nordberg spoke to us about the book in October 2014.  That interview gets a second hearing here. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.