Gender Inequality in Afghanistan

Statistics shows that Afghanistan is still a country where gender equality is worst! Afghanistan is the country with worst records of violence against women, with highest rate. The plight of Afghan women still persists even after many years of democracy. The male dominated society with extreme socio-religious mindset is still a phenomenon in Afghanistan.

School girls are thrown acid on their faces. Women suffer severe domestic violence. In most parts of the country, husbands consider it their natural right to harshly beat their wives over tiny disputes. Women face violence at every stage of their lives, in every relation-as a girl, as a sister, as a wife and even as...