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111:(service homes) to give them clinical support. Kendrio Mohila Punorbashon Songstha (Central Women Rehabilitation Organization) was established in January 1972 to rehabilitate these violated women with technical and humanitarian support from
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663:"Government recognizes 16 more Biranganas as freedom fighters"
689:"Bangladesh's Birangona women: 'Tell the world our story'"
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