Punishing "Moral Crimes" in Afghanistan | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog
22.4.12
Punishing "Moral Crimes" in Afghanistan | Human Rights Now - Amnesty International USA Blog: Despite enormous improvements to women’s livelihoods in the decade since the fall of the Taliban, much action is needed by the Afghan government and the international community.
For example, women in Afghanistan face some of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, more than half of all girls in the country do not attend school, and many women are forced into marriage shortly after puberty.
To make matter worse, women can face the prospect of being jailed for reporting violence perpetrated against them as reported in Human Rights Watch’s new report, detailing the detention of 400 women and girls imprisoned in the country for “moral crimes”.
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