There are currently only six locations in Afghanistan for women and girls to take shelter from this physical and sexual abuse experienced by family members, more specifically the men. Over 87 percent of women in Afghanistan are abused. Many of these battered women have suffered years of abuse after being forced into marriage at a young [...]
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Violence rising in Afghanistan, shelters hard to find
Posted in In the news, Violence and crime, tagged abuse shelter, Afghanistan, domestic abuse, Huffington Post, violence on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
