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Women 'win' Afghan vote - 22 Aug 09
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Aug 24 09
Witnessed: 735 times
Regions: Afghanistan
Issues: Corruption, Elections, Violence
Tags: violence against women, Women's rights
Few Afghan women ventured out to cast their ballots in country's election, but several ran in provincial elections alongside the presidential poll.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports on why Afghanistan's female candidates were already winners, even before the elections took place.
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