Monday, April 20, 2009
Afghan Parliament Passes Law Restricting Women's Rights
NY Times: Afghan Women Protest New Law on Home Life, by Dexter Filkins:
The law, approved by both houses of Parliament and signed by President Hamid Karzi, applies to the Shiite minority only. Women here and governments and rights groups abroad have protested three parts of the law especially.
One provision makes it illegal for a woman to resist her husband’s sexual advances. A second provision requires a husband’s permission for a woman to work outside the home or go to school. And a third makes it illegal for a woman to refuse to “make herself up” or “dress up” if that is what her husband wants.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2009/04/afghan-parliment-passes-law-restricting-womens-rights.html