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• In Afghanistan, men do not call their wife by name, but rather "mother of my son."


• Finland was the first country to provide equal voting rights to women, instituting female suffrage in elections to the national parliament in 1906.


• If invited to a wedding in Kyrgyzstan, plan your stay in the country for at least three days — that's how long the typical wedding lasts.


• It is highly improper for women to smoke in public in Moldova.


• Bread is considered sacred in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and is never turned upside down on the plate.


• In Tunisia, a man is not supposed to carry his own child in the presence of his father.


• In Zimbabwe, the Tonga people are matrilineal, and the husband moves to the home area of his wife.

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