Marriage and Family
Barakzai is married to Ghaffar, who stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at the same time as her. In 2004, 12 years after their wedding, he took a second wife, as is his right under Muslim marriage law. He did this without telling Barakzai, who learned of it through friends, and she admits to feeling "disturbed and hurt" and "a victim of tradition" because of his decision. She has turned her attention to campaigning against multiple marriages, trying to persuade women not to become a man's second wife.
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