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FILE - In this April 5, 2014 file photo, an Afghan young woman shows her inked finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Herat, Afghanistan. Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, said it was appropriate to draw international parallels on about women's rights. She contended that government neglect of anti-women practices have been widespread, whether in developing nations where girls are blocked from attending school or in the United States, with its problems of sexual assault on campus and in the military. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi, File)
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FILE - In this March 8, 2014 file photo, Myanmarese refugee women handcuff, blindfold and cover their mouths with black cloths during a protest on International Women's Day in New Delhi. Myanmarese in Delhi alleged their government used forms of violence against women as weapons of war and demanded an end to it. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, FIle)
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, protesters hold carnations in their mouths during the Romanian version of the "Slut Walk" march in Bucharest, Romania. The Slut Walk was a protest against harassment of women initiated by the outfits they wear or their behavior in public. The World Health Organization has declared violence against women an epidemic, calculating that one in three women worldwide will experience sexual or physical violence, most often from their husband or male partner. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
