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What's in a Name?

Taboos and traditions surrounding names.

Geeta Pandey recently reported on a rare move by women in an Indian village to challenge the practice of wives never saying their husbands' names; a tradition her own parents observed. In Afghanistan a social media campaign #Whereismyname asserted the right for women to be known by their own names and not just by their relationship to a male relative. Shekiba Habib of 麻豆社 Afghan and Geeta Pandey in Delhi tell us what happens when traditions are challenged.

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