Afghanistan: Violence against women "everyday occurrence"

United Nation, New York, 8 July 2009 - Noon briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Violence against women, including rape, is widespread in Afghanistan, according to a new United Nations report, which details the extent of the problem against a backdrop of impunity and a failure by authorities to protect womens rights.

This report paints a detailed and deeply disturbing picture of the situation facing many Afghan women today, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said of the 32-page report issued jointly by her office (OHCHR) and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).

Silence is Violence - End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan report:
http://unama.unmissions.org/Portals/UNAMA/Press%20Releases/VAW%20Rpt%20FINAL%...

News story:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31401&Cr=Afghan&Cr1=Women

UNIFEM Web site:
http://www.unifem.org/

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• United Nations
• UN
• Afghanistan
• Women
• Women's rights
• UNIFEM
• Human rights
• Navi Pillay

[lalapruza]

Trust me what ever the west do...read the history...afghan men are all Talibs their mindset is of the bandits, killers and thugs...this is the way they lived fro 1000 of years, their whole purpose in life is to blame every one in the world except themselves...they are savages, parasites where ever they go, the west opened immigration to them but they never change, they are exporting their version of Islam all over the world, what a sad story...