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Beauty In Afghanistan

Why plans to build a beauty school in Kabul, Afghanistan have come under fire from critics

Plans have been put forward to build a beauty school in Kabul, Afghanistan, to teach young women to become professional beauticians and gain some independence, but the project has been criticised for putting beauty tips ahead of food and medicine. Is this project inappropriate?

Also on the programme: How wearing a red coat saved a little girl from the Holocaust. Plus, the new project launched in Britain by the daughters of the Bangladeshi women who came over in the '60s.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

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