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Amir Amanullah Khan took power in Afghanistan trying to expand women's rights
- girls were able to attend school
- women were encouraged to wear a more western dress. The strict dress code was repressed -
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- First girls school, woman’s hospital and a guidance magazine
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- Women are allowed into politics
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Peoples democratic party of Afghanistan banished burqas
- Raised the minimum marriage age -
Taliban comes to power stripping women of all their rights.
- women must be fully veiled, educated only until 8 years old
- not allowed to work -
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New constitution giving women and men new rights
-women are allowed to vote for the 1st election in october -
- Women are not allowed to leave the house without permission from their husbands.
- Husbands can force their wives to have sex even if she says no.
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- Global survey named Afghanistan to be the worlds most dangerous place to live as a woman.
