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Meryl Streep: Afghan women have fewer rights than cats, birds
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Meryl Streep: ‘A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan’
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Cats have more freedom than Afghan women, Meryl Streep says at U.N.
A female cat has more freedom in Afghanistan than a woman does, Hollywood actor Meryl Streep said at the United Nations on Monday in a bid to get world leaders to focus on the plight of Afghan ...7 hours ago -
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Cats have more freedom than Afghan women, says Meryl Streep
A cat may "feel the sun on her face" in a park but girls do not have such freedoms under the Taliban, she said.7 hours ago -
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