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International Women’s Day

One Day in a Year: Afghan views on International Women’s Day

Naheed Esar Malikzay

“The celebration of 8 March is a new concept, but Afghan women’s role in society has been respected for thousands of years,” President Ghani said in his speech for International Women’s Day on 5 March 2015, three days before the date. But if that is true, women’s rights activists asked after the event, why is […]

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