Beena Sarwar is a Pakistani journalist and filmmaker. She reports on the fast-paced and at times, dangerous, state of politics and justice in her home country of Pakistan. Beena's documentary films and writing look at how gender, power, & peace collide, and probes into how they can better co-exist. Fore more, visit @TheWomenPod on Twitter or Instagram. We are off for the holidays, and back in 2020 with new episodes every Tuesday!

• Every episode of The Women, host Rose Reid profiles one person who has journeyed to do the extraordinary.

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