Afghanistan: Escalating Setbacks for Women

Human Rights Watch

16 July 2013 Reading time: ( words)

Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, the Wolesi Jirga, should reject a proposed criminal law revision that would effectively deny women legal protection from domestic violence.

(Kabul) – Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, the Wolesi Jirga, should reject a proposed criminal law revision that would effectively deny women legal protection from domestic violence, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Afghanistan: Escalating Setbacks for Women

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