Afghan Women Law that Allows Marital Rape in Afghanistan

Source of this information is CNN: The government in Afghanistan plans to change a legislation that has invited a lot of criticism internationally, that allows the Shia Muslim married women to be raped and not allow them to refuse sexual intercourse with their husbands.

President Hamid Karzai said that he has consulted with the clergy and appropriate changes will be made. The legislation applies only to 20 percent of the Afghan population which constitutes of the Shia Muslims. The 270 pages legislation written by the Shia clergy supports marital rape.

Almost 500 hundred women from all parts of Afghanistan came out to protest the legislation. Women were pelted with stones and cursed, however, the police did nothing much to help. There were around 600 demonstrators who supported the legislation as well.

This legislation has been criticized by US President Barack Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and even German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Human rights activists have been trying to change this Shia law since a long time. It was one of the most controversial laws in Afghanistan, however, to change for good. Sigh of relief for Shia women.

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After 25 long years of oppression, a dilapidating economy, a renewed vigor is taking over the women community with a Bay Area company trying to instill life into the dead world.

Students include widows with kids, young Afghan girls who comes all the way with enthusiasm in their heart as they want to learn all about the It skills.

Sonia too hails from Kabul, Afghanistan, who is making it a point to dedicate all her time to her students who are very much eager to move forward in life. Most of these women do not have anyone to look after them, since either their sons were killed during the bombings at war and the others at shootouts.

This initiative taken by the UN, the Afghan government, Cisco Systems and USAID aims to restore back the nation’s economy and their first step to achieve their target is educating the Afghan women.