Abstract
Despite the best efforts of women’s rights activists over the past decades, thousands of women around the world are killed every year for defying an unwritten patriarchal code of conduct. Many more are ostracized, like Rojin, or face unbearable pressure in their daily lives.
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Pope, N. (2012). Honor and Shame. In: Honor Killings in the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137012661_2
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