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Women's
in Afghanistan got a rare
. For the first time, the names of
will be on children's birth certificates, next to the father's name. For
of years, only the father's name was allowed on birth certificates. The Afghan
has just announced a new law for the mother's name to be written on
. Campaigners started a social
campaign in 2017 to fight for women's rights to have their names on
documents. In Afghanistan, a woman's name is
not included on
invitations.
