Tonya Mosley

She's the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate and co-founder of Malala Fund, which advocates for girls' education worldwide.

Her new memoir is Finding My Way.

We'll continue our conversation after a short break.

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The only panic attacks you still experience, you wrote in the book, are about Afghanistan.

Is that still true?

And yet at the same time, when you're scrolling on your phone,

You make yourself stop to watch the videos of Afghan women being beaten and assaulted.

And so in many ways, you're choosing to re-traumatize yourself.

Why is it important to be a witness?

I want to ask you about the United States.

Having observed our political landscape, maybe what has surprised you most about the state of women's rights here in the United States?

The challenges, you know, I think about the United States' role in this.

I know the Trump administration's cuts to international aid and the reinstatement of policies like this expanded global gag rule.

It directly impacts women's access to education and health care worldwide.

And I was wondering, given your work, have you seen U.S.

policy changes impact girls and women in countries where you work?

There's this thing that the sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that freedom, she feels, is a responsibility.

Her belief is that the more responsible she is to others, the freer she is.

And I feel like this is what I'm hearing from you in a way.