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Sister Chan Khong, an 82-year-old Vietnamese Buddhist monk, greets visitors the first day of Lunar New Year at Tu Hieu temple on January 25, 2020 in Hue, Vietnam (Linh Pham/Getty Images)

Women are finding new ways to influence male-led faiths

Emily Costello, Thalia Plata