Has it ever been illegal for you to get a basic education? Has it ever been illegal for you to work? Have you ever heard about underground online decentralised educational initiatives to teach girls in a country that won’t let them go to school?

Lima Madomi has graciously agreed to share her story and help us get much better perspective on all of those issues.

Her experiences of what it’s like to be a woman in STEM in Afghanistan and how this ecosystem has shifted drastically over the past few years is deeply enlightening! 

Lima Madomi is a student at the University of Geneva, an alumni of the Internet Governance Forum fellowship and the events manager for the Afghan Students Association Switzerland.

I genuinely believe you will want to listen to this conversation. Even after weeks of research, the stories Lima has shared with us are beyond courageously vulnerable!

Listen to this episode of the Audacious Ecosystem Podcast at the link below, or on your platform of choice for podcasting.

P.S.: Special thanks to Vahan Hovsepyan and Omar Ansari for making the connection necessary for this episode to happen!

Useful links:

Connect with Lima - https://www.linkedin.com/in/limamadomi/

00:00 - Intro

02:40 - Childhood in Afghanistan

08:26 - Experience at TechWomen

12:10 - Global experience on Women in STEM

15:57 - Innovation Ecosystem of Afganistan

18:59 - Internet Governance Forum & moving to Geneva

25:02 - Afghanistan after 2021

37:51 - Expat perspective on 2021

44:21 - What changed since 2021?

51:18 - What it’s like now

55:16 - Online changes

1:02:02 - Protest attempts

1:05:05 - Underground women’s education

1:11:08 - Lima’s message

1:15:39 - What ecosystem boundary would you change & why?

1:17:21 - Outro