For the first time three women were elected on Saturday – out of 15 - to the top leadership positions of the Wardak Provincial Council. 

Halima Askari, Nafisa Selai and Hajar Mirzaee were elected as chairperson, deputy head and secretary of the provincial council respectively.

This happened in an insecure province where violence against women is still a problem and is uncommon across Afghanistan.

In this episode host Jamal Nasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Munera Yousefzada, a spokesman for the Independent Directorate of Local Governance.