NBC News: A teacher has received death threats from his own relatives as he battles to stop the ancient tradition of families giving away virgin daughters to settle disputes. Khan Wali Adil has been camped out for more than three weeks in front of Afghanistan’s parliamentary compound to protest the practice of “baad.” The 24-year-old is urging lawmakers to pass women’s rights legislation that would explicitly outlaw baad — which the U.N. has called “pervasive” but is most common among ethnic Pashtuns. Click here to read more (external link).