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It was July 15, 2018. I was thirteen years old, not yet fourteen. Prishtina was hosting a march to commemorate the second anniversary of the July 15 coup attempt in Türkiye. Civilians had stood up to tanks that night, and many lives had been lost. The march was held to honor those martyrs and to keep democratic values alive. I was there with an NGO where I had been volunteering at the time. A Voice I had no expectations that day. I was simply there, present like the other volunteers, helping out

Sworn virgins are a traditional social institution originating in the 15th-century Kanun legal system, observed in Albania and the western Balkans, in which women take a lifelong vow of celibacy to assume male social status. Historical Origins Kanun and Patrilineal Structure Sworn virginhood emerged within the Kanun legal system, which governed social life particularly in the mountainous regions of northern Albania from the 15th century onward. The Kanun prescribed a patrilineal family structure