AS part of a pledge to introduce progressive reforms, Afghan President Hamid Karzai readied a decree named the Elimination of Violence Against Women Act.
The proposed law would ban child marriages, forced marriages, and the “customary” exchange of girls and women to settle men’s debts. It would also criminalise domestic violence, typically men’s violent abuse of their wives, and protect rape victims from being charged with adultery.
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