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Women's rights
in Afghanistan are celebrating a
victory. For the first time, the
of mothers will be put on their children's birth
, alongside the father's name. Mothers' names will also be put on national
cards. The Afghan government has just announced a new
to allow this. For hundreds of years, only the father's name was allowed on the birth certificate. Campaigners in Afghanistan started their campaign in 2017. They used
media to fight for the
of women to have their names on
documents. It is common in Afghanistan for a woman's name not to be included on
invitations.
