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When the Taliban first took control of Afghanistan last August, they promised a more egalitarian society for women than their previous stint as leaders. However, recent changes in Afghan law show an alarming trend; female news anchors are now forced to wear a complete face cover, female college students have been forced out of classes for wearing the wrong colour hijabs, and teenage girls who thought they could return to school last March are still forced to stay at home by Taliban officials.\nSome Afghan women have pushed back against this rights reversal, including the emergence of makeshift schools for teenage girls.\xa0 Secunder Kermani, BBC Correspondent in Afghanistan joined Sean to discuss his recent trip to one of these secret schools.\n \nListen and subscribe to\xa0Moncrieff\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts,\xa0Google Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.