TY  - BOOK
ED  - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
ED  - United Nations High commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
TI  - Harmful traditional practices and implementation of the law on elimination of violence against women in Afghanistan / 
AV  - Pamphlet HQ1236.5. A3.
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Kabul, Afghanistan : 
PB  - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ; United Nations High commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 
KW  - Women’s rights
KW  -  Afghanistan
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Women's rights
KW  -  History
KW  - Women
KW  -  Violence against
KW  -  Suffrage
KW  -  Social conditions
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  -  Politics and government
KW  -  2001-
N1  - Cover title.
“9 December 2010”
; Contents: Executive summary—Glossary—Methodology—1. Context—2. Legal framework—3. Harmful traditional practices in Afghanistan—4. State responses to harmful traditional practices—5. Role of religious leaders—6. Role of the government : promoting a national dialogue on Islam and human rights—7. International response—8. Recommendations
N2  - Summary: “Widespread harmful traditional practices-child marriage, giving away girls for dispute resolution, forced isolation in the home, exchange marriage and “honour” killings cause suffering, humiliation and marginalization for millions of Afghan women and girls. Such practices are grounded in discriminatory views and beliefs about the role and position of women in Afghan society. Many Afghans, including some religious leaders reinforce these harmful customs by invoking their interpretation of Islam…”—(page i)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.29171/azu_acku_pamphlet_hq1236_5_a3_h387_2010
ER  -