Friday, August 14, 2009

AFGHAN WOMEN'S SEX LAW

"Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting Shia men to deny their wives food and sustenance if they refuse to obey their husbands' sexual demands...the legislation also grants guardianship of children exclusively to their fathers and grandfathers, and requires women to get permission from their husbands to work."It also effectively allows a rapist to avoid prosecution by paying 'blood money' to a girl who was injured when he raped her," the US charity Human Rights Watch said..."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/14/afghanistan-womens-rights-rape

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