Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan

Description

Widespread harmful traditional practices – child marriage, giving away girls for dispute resolution, forced isolation in the home, exchange marriage and “honour” killings – cause suffering, humiliation and marginalization for millions of Afghan women and girls.

Source

http://menengage.org/resources/harmful-traditional-practices-implementation-law-elimination-violence-women-afghanistan/

Publisher

UNAMA

Date

2010

Language

English

URL

http://menengage.org/resources/harmful-traditional-practices-implementation-law-elimination-violence-women-afghanistan/

Citation

“Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan,”