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Women Who Dared To Speak - Virginia Vargas - Peru - BBC Sounds

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Women Who Dared To Speak

Virginia Vargas - PeruVirginia Vargas - Peru

Released On: 15 Dec 1998

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In her fight for women's rights she has clashed with the Catholic church and Shining Path

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