Albania stands as last bastion of 'sworn virgins'
By Agence France Presse in Shkodra, Albania | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-04 07:41
Women become men to gain certain rights in patriarchal society
At the age of 16, living in a remote village in northern Albania, Shkurta Hasanpapaj faced being forced into marriage.
There was just one way out, and the young woman grasped it: she took the ancient, gender-bending oath to become a "sworn virgin".
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