Afghan girl locked in toilet for 5 months

"Our leaders tell you we are helping womens rights in Afghanistan; the
truth is that for the most part we simply look the other way and justify
this by saying, "we have to respect their culture." Out of all the
billions of dollars going into this nation there is no justice being
demanded and fought for when it comes to the liberty of women in
Afghanistan."

Consul Nicholas Moore


"The case highlights how women continue to suffer in Afghanistan despite
the billions of dollars of international aid which has poured into the
country during the decade-long war."

The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission logged 1,026 cases of
violence against women in the second quarter of 2011 compared with 2,700
cases for the whole of 2010.

And according to figures in an Oxfam report in October, 87 percent of
Afghan women report having experienced physical, sexual or psychological
violence or forced marriage.


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