Sosan's Story: Domestic Violence in Afghanistan

United Nations, New York, August 2009 - 21st Century (show 33) - Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, targeted violence against women in Afghanistan is back at an alarming level. Women of all ages are enduring brutal physical and sexual abuse in their own homes. A few lucky ones find their way to one of only six shelters in the country. We visited one of them.

United to End Violence Against Women website:
http://endviolence.un.org/

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• United Nations
• UN
• Afghanistan
• Talibans
• Domestic violence
• Women
• Children
• Islamic
• UNIFEM
• Girls
• Brutalities
• Slavery
• Justice
• Human Rights

[1380ism]

Shame on u afghan mens why u r so stupid and dom why dont u understand without thoes womens u r nothing good for her that she divorced him and margin for him and his family why don't u mens behave and respect afghan womens ; that's why half of thoes women when the r coming out f Afghanistan they go carzy and the do something as the mens do in Afghanistan cuss the cant do that in there so the use there power outside of Afghanistan and good for them iam proud of them Good

[Princess9847]

God will watch over these women and help them. Shame on those men...

[asmanykhost]

bull shit A- mojahiden did not became in power from drug money CIA and the western leaders give the their tax payers money to soudi arabia make mojahiden to fight against russia these islamice extrimest are made by western and arabs together B- all afghan man are not like these u show every where got good man and bad man never blam the wole nation for few its just the luck of there no law that some crimenal do these things befor you judge think first

[MrNaim2008]

shame on you afghan men

[mahjan1000]

Please dont blame every thing on islam. Islam is not this. These people dont even know what is islam and what Allah wants from a men as husband, brother, father.

[EndosAngel5]

the bastard is smiling?????? Smiling as he says he tortured his wife with his son!?

[femunary]

which part of a woman being abused is islam? bunch a fools (these so called afghan "men")

[RoomAtTheCross]

I don't see any "honorable" men at all here. They keep speaking of honor this and that. All I see are a bunch of cowards who call themselves men. They are a disgrace.

[dietosr]

you call this islam? and propaganda islam?

these people has no RELIGION, they are only spending the oxygen without any need,

these talibans and fanatics MUST die.

STOP WOMAN ABUSE, STOP RAPING u mother fuckers, you Afghani talibani you dont have a fuckin clue what is islam. FUCK U

[THEREALLADEN]

who cares if this is propaganda against islam or not.......... the main point here is people need to do something for these women coz they have no help what so ever , which makes it the worst place to live for women; hell on earth for these poor women.