This week a report named Afghanistan as the world's most dangerous country for women. But what do women who live there think?
Wazhma Frogh, a human rights activist and recipient of a 2009 International Women of Courage award, says it's not that simple:
"As a woman who is living in Afghanistan and have lived my whole life with Afghans, I don't believe it's the worst country in the world for women. I have seen worse countries.
"We do have our challenges, but have come a long way. What the world forgets is that Afghanistan has been at war, civil war, conflict for so many years, almost all my life, and that is what has created chaos for women and shrunk women's rights."
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