Suicide of Kabul University study and accountabilityPRESS RELEASE The recent incident, in which Zahra Khawari of Kabul university committed suicide, is disheartening and unfortunate, but...
Defending battered women who killWe identified that advocacy for women experiencing domestic violence in Afghanistan tended to overlook the phenomena of women who killed...
Amending the Anti-Harassment Law in AfghanistanIn November 2016, Parliament passed a law to protect women and children against harassment. A great step forward, but not enough. Legal...
Batul Moradi, A Survivor Inspiring Afghan Women with Her WordsI met Batul Moradi years ago when she moved to Afghanistan in search of a new life after spending decades as a refugee in Iran. Her...
Petition to amend the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law in AfghanistanEarlier this year, we worked with Medica Afghanistan to review the newly enacted Anti-Sexual Harassment Law in Afghanistan. After the...
Remedies at the heart of justice1. The CEDAW Committee made General Recommendations on women's access to justice CEDAW/C/GC/33 in July 2015. Paragraph 19 on page 9...
Does it matter that we call it torture?We usually think of torture as an act by the State against an individual, and, usually against an individual in prison or a detention...
Specialized courts & victim satisfactionThere is a strong correlation between victim satisfaction and their participation in the justice process. Around the world, specialized...
The benefit of ratifying the Optional Protocol to CEDAWCalling upon the Afghanistan Government to Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against women...
Investigating torture against womenWhen we think of torture or inhuman, degrading and cruel treatment and punishment, we typically think of acts committed by States against...