In this short documentary, Habiba Nosheen, a journalist, reflects on growing up female in Pakistan, where some families resort to extreme measures to avoid having daughters. For the full story see "Abandoned, Aborted, or Left for Dead: These Are the Vanishing Girls of Pakistan," by Nosheen and Hilke Shellman.
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is the former executive producer and general manager of Atlantic Studios at The Atlantic.