CEO Deeply Concerns over Growing Violence Against Afghan Women

Afghan Chief Executive Officer, (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah voiced concern over the increase of violence against Afghan women; citing violence against women reaches alarming rates.

At the end of the 4th session of prosecutors, CEO, Abdullah Abdullah said that Afghan women and girls subjected to violence and harassment even in security and education institutions.

“Afghan women have many unsolved problems in the country,” said CEO, Abdullah Abdullah.

Violence against Afghan women hits top level in the year 2016 which the main reason is the rule of law, said Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC).”The rule of law crisis is the main reason for the prohibition of freedom and violence against women,” said Farid Ahmad Hamidi, attorney general.

Lobbying for women’s rights have been an uphill battle in Afghanistan. After years of pressure from Afghan women’s rights activists and the international donor community, few improvements have materialized.

Despite widespread abuse and violence against women, few men are punished. The prosecution and conviction rates for rape are low, the prosecution and conviction rates for beating, virtually non-existent.

In the other hand, worryingly, in the majority of cases outside the courts, the survivor and the perpetrator reconciled and the victim was reintegrated back into the family.

In other words, Afghanistan’s informal justice system is asking women to “forget the past” in an effort to preserve families and maintain social cohesion, rather than seeking to punish the abuser.

Violence against women is endemic; girls attend school for less than half the number of years of Afghan boys, and one in every thirty-two women die from pregnancy-related causes.

Afghan women continue to experience poor health, limited economic opportunities, lack of education, an absence in participation in public life and all forms of violence.

The four decades of prolonged armed conflict across the country has contributed to significant levels of instability, insecurity, violence, rule of law challenges, and poverty and underdevelopment, which have obstructed the effective realization and enjoyment of human rights for people of Afghanistan.