Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

New York, N.Y. ; London : Human Rights Watch, 2002.

Physical Description:

50 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Series Title:

(Human Rights Watch ; v. 14, no. 11 (C))

Language:

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Women's rights – Afghanistan.
Women – Crimes against – Afghanistan.
Women – Afghanistan – Herat.
Women in development – Afghanistan – Herat.
Women – Afghanistan – Herat – Political activity.
Women in Islam – Afghanistan – Herat.
Women – Afghanistan – Social conditions – 21st century.
Girls – Afghanistan – Social conditions – 21st century.
Civil rights – Afghanistan.
Human rights – Afghanistan.

Class. No:

Pamphlet HQ 1735.6 .A34 2002

Accession No:

13561

General Note:

Cover title.

General Note:

“December 2002”.

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“Human Rights Watch”—at head of title.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Contents: Glossary—I. Summary—II. Main recommendations to Afghan authorities—III. Background—IV. Violations of Women’s and girls’ human right in Herat—V. Additional recommendations to Afghan authorities and recommendations to the international community—Acknowledgements.

General Note:

Summary: “When the Taliban were driven from power in late 2001, many Afghan women were hopeful. The Taliban never popular in Afghanistan’s cities and ultimately despised by almost all Afghans—had been especially hated and resented by Afghan women. The Taliban’s collapse and a new promise of peace and legitimate governance gave hope that Afghan women and girls would soon enjoy greater rights and freedoms. Around the world, international actors promised improvements in the lives of Afghanistan’s long-suffering women and girls, who had borne some of the worst abuses of the Taliban regime and the effects of twenty-three years of war…”—(p. 4).