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“We Have the Promises of the World”
Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Map of
Afghanistan
I. Summary
Key
Recommendations
II.
Methodology
III. Attacks
on Women in Public Life
Women in
Public Life in Afghanistan
Killings and
Threats against Women in Public Life
Fear: The
Multiplier Effect
Lack of
Protection
Attacks on
Women Parliamentarians
Women’s
Participation in the 2009 Elections
Flaws in the
Process
IV. Sexual
Violence
A
Presidential Pardon for Gang Rape
The
Politician’s Son
Rape and
Forced Prostitution of a Child
The Politics
of Sexual Violence
Law Reform..
V. Forced
and Child Marriage
Trading a
13-year-old Daughter for a New Wife
The Danger
of Defying an Arranged Marriage
Legal
Standards
Afghan Law
on Forced Marriage
National Law
on Child Marriage
International
Law..
Elimination
of Violence Against Women Law..
VI. Guilty
on Arrival: Women’s Access to Justice
Police Abuse
of Women
Female
Police
A Failure to
Protect
Imprisoning
Women for “moral crimes”
The Courts
Traditional
injustice?
VIII.
Girls’ Secondary School Education
The
Importance of Girls’ Education
Major
Barriers to Girls’ Education
No Nearby
Girls’ schools: Further to Walk than Boys
Fears of
Kidnapping, Harassment, and Social Stigma
Shortcomings
in Government and Donors’ Approaches to Girls’ Education
The Right to
Education Under National and International Law..
IX.
Government and Donor Commitments and Actions on Women’s Rights
X.
Recommendations
Regarding
Attacks on Women in Public Life
Regarding
Sexual Violence
Regarding
Forced and Child Marriage
Regarding
Access to Justice
Regarding
Girls Secondary School Education
XI.
Acknowledgements
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