AFGHAN WOMEN - The University of Montana

judgment by society. Therefore, they avoid
speaking loudly, laughing, wearing fancy
clothes or talking with each other in public.
They often avoid going out because village
men might recognize the women from the
color of their clothes and burqa and judge
them.
Sometimes women of the family get
permission from the mother in-law to go
shopping, but they must return before the
men of the family come home. In most
families, women are beaten if they go out
without permission. Sometimes, families
do not even allow women to go shopping
and men bring them whatever they need.
In some families where there is no older
woman available, the men of the family
lock the young women at home when they
go to work for the day. Older women at
home are considered to be protection for
younger women.
There are some public places where only
women can go, such as women’s gardens
and shrines where women come together
and pray. There they often bring sweets
such as “alwa” to share with each other.
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Women in Afghanistan - DCLCP
Of the 1,547 sitting
judges in Afghanistan
only 62 or 4.2% are
female.
Of the 546
prosecutors, 35 or 6.4%
are female.
Of the 1,241 attorneys
76 or 6.1% are female.
(UNIFEM
Afghanistan Fact Sheet
2008)
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There are no women
members in the Supreme
Court Council.
(UNIFEM
Afghanistan Fact Sheet
2008)