A new film produced by UNIFEM and the UNFPA takes on the culture of silence surrounding violence against women. Airing TONIGHT: Friday, April 18th 2008 at 19:30 GMT, on BBC World.
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"Zahed, who prays regularly and wears a head scarf even when outside Saudi Arabia, said that nothing in Islam bans women from sports. "Our society just has to get used to it," she said."
