Afghan women victims of ‘widespread’ rape: UN

Afghan women victims of ‘widespread’ rape: UN
— “Rape in Afghanistan is ‘widespread’ and violence against women serving in public life is on the rise, a UN report said Wednesday, nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban.”
— “The 32-page report denounces an institutional failure to curb violence against women and a culture of impunity that leaves such crimes unpunished.”
— “The report, issued by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned of a ‘growing trend’ of violence and threats against women in public life”
— “Women are also the victims of so-called ‘honour’ killings, trafficking and abduction, as well as early and forced marriages and domestic violence, it said. Girls and women are exchanged to resolve disputes over land and property.”
UN Special Representative Eide Urges Afghans to Challenge Violence Against Women
“Silence is Violence: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan – July 8, 2009”