‘Women are protected in some Muslim countries’

Being a female journalist provided “privileges” while working in Muslim countries, the BBC’s chief international correspondent has said.

Lyse Doucet, who has reported from across the world for three decades, said women are seen as “people to be protected” in some countries.

She was speaking about her career on Desert Island Discs, which has most recently seen her report on the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.

The broadcaster said “not a day goes by” without her receiving a message from someone begging for help to leave Afghanistan.