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Even as a little girl , Jahan , now 30 , knew full well what her future would be without education .
Growing up in the remote village of Korphe , in northern Pakistan , her destiny mirrored that of the generations of women who came before her : fieldwork , domestic chores , and “ making babies .” Like so many other women in these impoverished and isolated mountain communities ,
Jahan ’ s own mother had died giving birth to her . She wanted something different .
When the first school in her village opened in 1996 , Jahan demanded her father give her permission to attend . She worked hard . She completed middle school and convinced her father to allow her to attend high school in the regional capital , Skardu , with the help of a CAI scholarship . After high school , she
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