Afghan Women Fear Loss of Modest Gains - nytimes

MAHMUD-E RAQI, Afghanistan — Women’s precarious rights in Afghanistan have begun seeping away. Girls’ schools are closing; working women are threatened; advocates are attacked; and terrified families are increasingly confining their daughters to home. - Afghan Women Fear Loss of Modest Gains - NYTimes

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