GENDER MATTERS:

The family received me warmly and thanked me profusely. Birgul was proud and excited. In preparation for her big move, her elderly grandmother and her two aunts washed Birgul's laundry in a tub, and hung it to dry behind the tent, near a corn field. For women, tent life is a particular ordeal. Even though an army kitchen served meals at the tent-villages, many women attempted to cook on gas ... ................
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