The Taliban in Afghanistan has enabled a complete erasure of Women’s liberties & civic access in the country. A 30-year-old tech entrepreneur is changing that. Founder of Ehtesab, Afghanistan’s first women-led civic app, Sara Wahedi now runs Civaam, country’s first women-led AI startup. In a conversation with Debdutta Chakraborty, she talks about centring women in tech and decentering AI from the West. Wahedi also highlights challenges of navigating tech and making it accessible under authoritarian regimes. Watch #ThePrintUninterrupted
Kabul to Canada & Oxford: Afghan Tech CEO Sara Wahedi is on a mission to defy Taliban,empower women
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