The birth of a boy is usually a cause for celebration in Afghanistan but girls are generally seen as a burden. Some women in Afghanistan are abused if they fail to give birth to boys.
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Afghan woman is killed ‘for giving birth to a girl’ You may not be able to change the social perspective on the value of a girl overnight, but gender is selected by the male, and you could change the blame with access to information. THIS is why unfettered web access to e.g. wikipedia and OLPC is such a fundamentally moral issue. |
