Gayle Tzemach Lemmon · Women's Rights and Economic Development Expert

Fatima Bhutto, who is speaking at The Daily Beast’s Women In the World summit, comes from a long line of politicians mired in violence and corruption, including her aunt, Benazir Bhutto. She talks to Gayle Tzemach Lemmon about seeking a better path for her country—even when it means challenging her family.
Fatima Bhutto’s life has been shaped by death.

In 1996, Pakistani policemen fatally shot her father, Murtaza Bhutto, just 200 yards from her house. Fatima, then 14, watched him die hours later in a hospital too poorly equipped to treat him. The police would not let her mother file a re…

Recently a slew of pieces have noted — and sometimes bemoaned — the fast-approaching fact that Afghan women are likely to see their rights recede in the rush to reach a deal with the Taliban. The latest of these notes in the Financial Times that:

NATO is openly looking for an exit strategy for western troops. This could well involve dealing with those elements of the Taliban that are not committed to a global jihad — and so making some accommodation with their ferociously reactionary social values. Sadly, these do have roots in Afghan society. Things would be much easier if western views …