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Afghanistan's Vice-President called the new
"a big step forward for women's
". The founder of the campaign
said the law was good. She said: "By printing her name, we give the mother
. The law now gives her
powers to be a mother who can, without the
of a man...enroll her children in school and travel." Another
said: "My feeling of happiness may seem
for women in other countries, but when we live in a
where women are...excluded, achieving such basic rights is a big and difficult
."