Sunday, November 24, 2019a
Kabul (BNA) The Independent Human Right Commission of Afghanistan says that violence against women in Afghanistan increased by eight percent during the seven months between March and October this year compared with the similar period last year.
A total of 2,762 cases of violence against women were registered between 21 March and 22 October, the commission said in a report. That was up from 2,536 cases registered during the same period last year. According to the commission, violence against women includes physical, sexual, economic, verbal and psychological, forced marriage and child marriage. Based on the report, 97 percent of violence happened in homes with the rest happening in streets, workplace, hospitals, schools, universities and prisons. The most widespread form of violence was physical violence accounting for 26 percent. It includes 30 deaths, 71 injuries and seven cases of setting on fire, according to the commission. Bad tradition, insecurity, lack of government control, lack of action against perpetrators, impunity, culture of impunity, corruption, misuse of power was cited as reasons for violence against women in Afghanistan.