"Afghanistan was a patriarchal society long before the Taliban forced women to stay inside the home and banned girls from attending school. While the removal of these strictures has given women more opportunities on paper, those choices often aren't available in villages and towns where it is common for a man to settle a debt by giving a sister in marriage and where female rape victims risk their lives by speaking out."

How much will this legislation help Afghani women?

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The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health blog, Nuestra Vida, Nuestra Voz, discusses a 2004 report by Just Detention International on sexual abuse in light of the "explosive growth in rates of immigration detention" in the last five years.

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