Vendettta not sparing male children

This is a story of old feuds resurfacing in Albania. Young children are kept in their homes for fear that their male children will be killed. The dangerous code is called "Kanun".

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A place better to be a virgin and a man.

Albania is a place where Mother Theresa was born. But this article is not about her. It is about Albanian women who swore to become a virgin and take actively the role of a man.

Read and understand the social context in which decisions are being made by women in a particular socially constructed reality.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/23/europe/virgins.php