Womankind Worldwide, an international women’s rights group says guarantees given to Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban in 2001 have not translated into real change. It believes many are the result of forced marriages, thought to account for about 60% to 80% of all Afghan marriages. 57% of girls are married before the legal marriage age of 16. Domestic violence remains widespread. Womankind Worldwide says the Afghan authorities rarely investigate women’s complaints of violent attacks. Women reporting rape run the risk of being imprisoned for having sexual intercourse outside marriage. Although women now hold more than 25% of the seats in the Afghan parliament, female politicians and activists often face intimidation or even violence. <\/p>\n
Womankind Worldwide, an international women’s rights group says guarantees given to Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban in 2001 have not translated into real change. It believes many…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sidebar"],"yoast_head":"\n