Countries in the region has meant casting aside the traditional image of women staying at home, traditional barriers still reign in other countries.

在该地区的某些国家，妇女对工作的经济需求使她们摆脱了妇女留在家中操持家务的传统形象，然而在该地区的其它国家，传统障碍仍然处于统治地位。

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In a reign of terror Sankoh's rebels routinely raped women and chopped off the limbs of countless thousands of civilians--if they didn't kill them outright.

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Recalling the glory days of the former princely state, Ms Ahmadzeb said that during the Wali's reign women could move around unencumbered everywhere.

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