Nearly 10 years after it was first drafted, Parliament has yet to ratify an Elimination of Violence law, he said. Today, girls are able to attend school and women are in Parliament and in the media, anchoring television news programs. Our ability to retain these rights, this progress depends on the parliamentary elections and the people we elect. Citing a Global Rights study, U.N. Women Afghanistan said 87 per cent of Afghan women suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence during their lifetime. Ajmal Khan, who guards a girl’s school in Maidan Shahr in Wardak province, said he might vote for a woman.

Source: National Post October 18, 2018 06:09 UTC