washingtonpost.com — Increasing numbers of Pakistani women are becoming aware of gender inequities, a trend emerging in many other parts of the developing world as the communications revolution brings cellphones, satellite television and the Internet to the poorest villages. "Why can't I talk to a boy?" asked Rashida Khan, 17, a student interviewed in Islamabad. "Why
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""Why can't I talk to a boy?" asked Rashida Khan, 17, a student interviewed in Islamabad. "Why are my brothers allowed outside in the evenings and I am not? All I want is more freedom.,, Muslim clerics and conservative politicians who most vocally support Pakistan's laws governing sexual morality argue that they are protecting traditions and guarding against what they call the "free sex" culture of unwed mothers and widespread divorce in the United States, Britain and other countries." Article on one page: <a class="user" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/20/AR2008082003754_pf.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...</a>