Violence against Women in Afghanistan

[Aria2013]

Human Rights activists and organizations in Afghanistan and around the world are expressing concern at reports coming out of Afghanistan that indicate an increase in violence against women. According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, violence against women has increased by 25% in the last year alone. Despite the progress Afghan women have made in the past decade these challenges remain and require the efforts of Afghan human rights activists and international organizations to continue working on eliminating human rights abuses against women. This being said, Afghan human rights activists and organizations are not sitting quite. They are actively working with international organizations, speaking out, and raising awareness about gender violence and encouraging the government to implement Anti-Violence Against Women laws. Afghan activists believe laws that protect women and empower them are key to progress in the country.

If threats of violence against women continue, are the gains made since the fall of the Taliban to improve the lives of female Afghans, completely lost? And what do you think is the main cause of an increase in violence?

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[Khostai]

Its not increased, the goverment is now paying more attention to it and reports it better. This kind of reports gives the impression that women rights were somehow respected or there was less violence in past, what is not true.

[$hiva]

if i had married the balouchi, i'm pretty sure at some point i would have used violence against her...

[Khostai]

if i had married the balouchi, i'm pretty sure at some point i would have used violence against her...

What? Why? And arent you a girl? with your name shiva?

[$hiva]

What? Why?

because she brings out the worst in me and people that bring out the worst in us must be avoided at costs

[Khostai]

because she brings out the worst in me and people that bring out the worst in us must be avoided at costs

Yeah thats true but in the Afghan culture and because of Islam a man and a woman can't know each other before marriage, the only thing that some now do is to see each other, but from that you never know how the others personality is.

[Mystique]

if i had married the balouchi, i'm pretty sure at some point i would have used violence against her...

Why would you say that? Have you met a Baluch woman?

[$hiva]

Yeah thats true but in the Afghan culture and because of Islam a man and a woman can't know each other before marriage, the only thing that some now do is to see each other, but from that you never know how the others personality is.

hating me without any rational reason could only mean that in the previous life i must have done something so bad that her soul is not able to let go and she wants to kill me, so i want to find out what did i do

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Violence against women

Will there be less violence against women now that Kabul has a female Chief of Police?

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[$hiva]

the oldest trick in the book is divide and conquer. the west has been partially successful in driving a wedge between afghan men and women, especially in the west and a bit back home but its hard for the west to make its point about violence when it bombs afghans women and children



the honor tradition in afghanistan makes it a great shame to hit a woman, and men who are forced to hit a woman might do so with more of a show than any actual physical hurt but the fact remains that afghan men are raised from childhood to fight and violence is in them. women most often end up on the other end of this violence but is it any of western world's business to force their morality on us, when violence against women in the west makes afghanistan seem like a safe haven for women

so the US cent-com needs to pay more attention to the rape epidemic in US army both against women and men before worrying about afghanistan

[Badlun]

Pashtun/Afghan honor for women is like their honor for property. Pashtuns also kill each other on a piece of land. Women should not be part of the trio zan, zarr, zameen.

Woman is an equal human being like man and does not need any especial honor code. She should be able to protect herself alone not the guardian male should protect her all the time.

[$hiva]

Pashtun/Afghan honor for women is like their honor for property. Pashtuns also kill each other on a piece of land. Women should not be part of the trio zan, zarr, zameen.

Woman is an equal human being like man and does not need any especial honor code. She should be able to protect herself alone not the guardian male should protect her all the time.

do you think by taking some cheesy kickboxing classes a woman can defend herself?

[Badlun]

do you think by taking some cheesy kickboxing classes a woman can defend herself?

If I say NO, then the alternative is that she should always be protected and defended by males?

I am not talking of the physical defense of women but their over all status in society. Why they are considered weaker. They should be given equal legal rights and equal social and economic status. An uneducated burka woman is less protected than a woman bank manager or a director of a company.

[$hiva]

If I say NO, then the alternative is that she should always be protected and defended by males?

I am not talking of the physical defense of women but their over all status in society. Why they are considered weaker. They should be given equal legal rights and equal social and economic status. An uneducated burka woman is less protected than a woman bank manager or a director of a company.

if i'm in afghanistan with my wife she needs to wear proper conservative clothes that does not draw any attention. because if someone passes a comment on my wife and if i come to know it then i'll most likely stab that guy, and then i'll go to jail and my wife will have no one and my children will grow up fatherless

now you tell me, cheap feminism or fatherless children?

[Badlun]

if i'm in afghanistan with my wife she needs to wear proper conservative clothes that does not draw any attention. because if someone passes a comment on my wife and if i come to know it then i'll most likely stab that guy, and then i'll go to jail and my wife will have no one and my children will grow up fatherless

now you tell me, cheap feminism or fatherless children?

Not cheap or costly or any feminism but legal actions to make woman equal to man in all aspects of life. Afghanistan will not remain an island for ever but is part of the global community and what women enjoy in other countries should also be applied in Afghanistan. Pakistan is changing as there we saw a woman ruler of the country. Afghanistan had its Malala and now will have one Benzair Bhutto one day.