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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan Women Slam New Safe House Regulation |
| 2011-02-18 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan Women Network Thursday called for termination of the new regulation imposed on women's safe houses in Afghanistan. Afghan Women Network and some women's rights activists said the regulation has been made without consultation with civil society organisations that run women protection centres. The main flaw of the regulation is that it imposes more restrictions on women before being received by a safe house, said the protesting women. The Afghan government has recently made efforts to hold control of women protection centres in a bid to improve management and raise funding opportunities. But providers of safe houses including international and national organisations, protested against the new regulation arguing it threatens safety of Afghan women and girls. Afghan Women Network said government institutions are not able to manage the centres in a proper way. "We, on behalf of Afghan women institutions and activists, suggest to the government to consider our concerns and start consultation a process with Afghan activists for a change in the regulation," Ms Wazhma Frogh, a safe house provider, said. "There have been reports of violence and discrimination against women in women protection centres controlled by the government," said Ms Selay Ghafar, another protection provider. Civil society organisations and Afghan women's rights activists strongly urged the Afghan media to prevent power-brokers and influential people from restricting freedom of expression and trampling principles of democracy in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Of course the government wants control over those houses. How else can they direct husbands and fathers to get there so that they can avenge their family honor by butchering all the women inside? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-02-18 09:30 |