"Ivory": A Ritual that Continues to Victimize Women

رسانه رخشانه

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In a corner of a rented courtyard on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, a tandoor is lit. Bibi Ruqiya*, 34, bakes bread for the locals. Her children collect plastic and cardboard from the streets to heat the tandoor. Her daily income is up to 200 Afghanis, and most of her meals for herself and her three children are dry bread with water or tea. She has not paid her rent, which is 3,000 Afghanis a month, for three months. Any day now, the landlord …