Published on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Afghan women secure presidential pledge to amend “marital rape “law
Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has bowed to pressure from the women’s rights movement in Afghanistan and abroad and promised to amend a controversial new law legalizing marital rape.
The President made the commitment to change the law at a meeting with members of the Afghan women’s network and other civil society groups in Kabul. At the meeting, President Karzai promised to remove the discriminatory parts of the law and send it back to Parliament There is still however a wide concern in the country that gains made by women in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban may not be sustained.