Latest items for Afghanistan
Aug. 21, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“The practice appears to be most prevalent among those Shia Afghans who fled to Iran in the years after the 1979 Soviet invasion and during the civil wars of the Nineties. They have now begun to return, bringing customs they adopted while exile. Returnees say sighah is fairly common in predominately Shia Iran. It remains to be seen whether sighah will catch on among the Shia minority in Afghanistan, a country where sex and marriage are surrounded by taboos. “Temporary marriage is against Afghan tradition,” said Dr Mohammad Hussain, a Shia believer who owns a pharmacy in Mazar-e-Sharif. “I know that if I entered into a temporary marriage contract, all...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
“The practice appears to be most prevalent among those Shia Afghans who fled to Iran in the years after the 1979 Soviet invasion and during the civil wars of the Nineties. They have now begun to return, bringing customs they adopted while exile. Returnees say sighah is fairly common in predominately Shia Iran. It remains to be seen whether sighah will catch on among the Shia minority in Afghanistan, a country where sex and marriage are surrounded by taboos. “Temporary marriage is against Afghan tradition,” said Dr Mohammad Hussain, a Shia believer who owns a pharmacy in Mazar-e-Sharif. “I know that if I entered into a temporary marriage contract, all...more
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
15.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
15.0
April 30, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-5
"The daughter he sold is Zahra. She is 3 years old. Her buyer is a wealthy man in search of another wife. He is 50. The cost of the sale: roughly $500" (para 3,4). Since there was payment given to the father of the child bride, we can see there's an accepted practice of brideprice in Afghanistan (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-5
"The daughter he sold is Zahra. She is 3 years old. Her buyer is a wealthy man in search of another wife. He is 50. The cost of the sale: roughly $500" (para 3,4). Since there was payment given to the father of the child bride, we can see there's an accepted practice of brideprice in Afghanistan (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
April 30, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"The daughter he sold is Zahra. She is 3 years old. Her buyer is a wealthy man in search of another wife. He is 50" (para 3). If girls as young as 3 are being sold into marriage, clearly there is a strong practice of selling girls into marriage without their consent as a toddler cannot consent to entering a marriage (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"The daughter he sold is Zahra. She is 3 years old. Her buyer is a wealthy man in search of another wife. He is 50" (para 3). If girls as young as 3 are being sold into marriage, clearly there is a strong practice of selling girls into marriage without their consent as a toddler cannot consent to entering a marriage (MCP - CODER COMMENT).
April 30, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"As a deepening humanitarian crisis grips Afghanistan, fueled by a confluence of economic, financial and political shocks worsened by the government’s collapse in August, children such as Zahra are increasingly bearing the brunt of the growing poverty. While there is no comprehensive data available, the United Nations, aid agencies and local officials say they are receiving credible reports of a rise in child marriages and sales of babies for adoptions as Afghans seek ways to cope with their spiraling lives" (para 5).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"As a deepening humanitarian crisis grips Afghanistan, fueled by a confluence of economic, financial and political shocks worsened by the government’s collapse in August, children such as Zahra are increasingly bearing the brunt of the growing poverty. While there is no comprehensive data available, the United Nations, aid agencies and local officials say they are receiving credible reports of a rise in child marriages and sales of babies for adoptions as Afghans seek ways to cope with their spiraling lives" (para 5).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Swaziland, Syria, Trinidad/Tobago, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
3.0
March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Afghanistan ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Afghanistan ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal and can be prosecuted as a form of adultery or unlawful sexual relationship under Zina laws - 427 Penal Code. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes, clients also at risk of adultery/unlawful sexual relationship prosecutions. Is organising/managing criminalised? Afghan law does not directly address sex work so technically no laws against organising and managing.” (para 1-3)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is illegal and can be prosecuted as a form of adultery or unlawful sexual relationship under Zina laws - 427 Penal Code. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes, clients also at risk of adultery/unlawful sexual relationship prosecutions. Is organising/managing criminalised? Afghan law does not directly address sex work so technically no laws against organising and managing.” (para 1-3)
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Other countries have been scrutinising the Taliban's track record on human rights and women's rights since they took over in August 2021 after a two-decade insurgency" (para 9). "Martin Schuepp, director of operations at the Red Cross, said in an interview: 'The economic hardship is there. It's very serious and people will struggle for their lives'" (para 16). "Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Other countries have been scrutinising the Taliban's track record on human rights and women's rights since they took over in August 2021 after a two-decade insurgency" (para 9). "Martin Schuepp, director of operations at the Red Cross, said in an interview: 'The economic hardship is there. It's very serious and people will struggle for their lives'" (para 16). "Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, IIP-PRACTICE-2
"Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2). These quotes show that since men and women are both punished, double standards about fidelity and differential treatment under law may not be as pervasive for some things under the Taliban (Coder Comment - EV).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2). These quotes show that since men and women are both punished, double standards about fidelity and differential treatment under law may not be as pervasive for some things under the Taliban (Coder Comment - EV).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2, DSFMF-PRACTICE-3, DSFMF-LAW-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1, DSFMF-PRACTICE-2, DSFMF-PRACTICE-3, DSFMF-LAW-1
"Women accused of adultery have been publicly lashed by the Taliban as the Islamist group rolls out sharia law across Afghanistan. Ten men and nine women were each whipped 39 times in the city of Taloqan for alleged adultery and theft, a senior Taliban official said" (para 1-2).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19). This quote shows that women have no authority in society and believe her role is to serve her husband in the house (Coder Comment- EV).
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan women hold educational documents during a protest as they demand the Taliban government provide them with job opportunities in Kabul last month" (para 19). This quote shows that women have no authority in society and believe her role is to serve her husband in the house (Coder Comment- EV).
Feb. 11, 2024, 3:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"No foreign government has formally recognised the Taliban's administration and many have already heavily criticised its reversal on signals they would open secondary schools nationwide for girls in March" (para 10).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"No foreign government has formally recognised the Taliban's administration and many have already heavily criticised its reversal on signals they would open secondary schools nationwide for girls in March" (para 10).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Afghanistan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 46 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Afghanistan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 46 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep, Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, D R Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
4
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
620
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
620
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
1more
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
1more
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
2
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Some claimed they had been tasered and beaten, while others told how they were being pressurised to marry members of the Taliban in exchange for their freedom" (para 27). "One Taliban commander is said to have demanded that a father consent to his daughter’s marriage by putting a gun to his head" (para 29).
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-1
"Some claimed they had been tasered and beaten, while others told how they were being pressurised to marry members of the Taliban in exchange for their freedom" (para 27). "One Taliban commander is said to have demanded that a father consent to his daughter’s marriage by putting a gun to his head" (para 29).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "Women were pictured behind bars without trial at Herat Central Jail by an ITV crew last week - with the guilty's 'immoral behaviour' including taking taxis without male supervision" (para 6). "But they have increasingly restricted the rights of...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "Women were pictured behind bars without trial at Herat Central Jail by an ITV crew last week - with the guilty's 'immoral behaviour' including taking taxis without male supervision" (para 6). "But they have increasingly restricted the rights of...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-2
"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30). "This quote suggests that suggests there is a lack of laws/enforcement of them and reluctance to report" (EV-Coder Comment).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-1, DV-PRACTICE-2
"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30). "This quote suggests that suggests there is a lack of laws/enforcement of them and reluctance to report" (EV-Coder Comment).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban has banned men and women from sitting together in restaurants and ordered that public parks are open for each sex on different days" (para 1). "Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a...more
Variables: IIP-LAW-1
"The Taliban has banned men and women from sitting together in restaurants and ordered that public parks are open for each sex on different days" (para 1). "Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a decree that Herat's public...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1
"The formerly liberal city is also the site of a Taliban prison where women are being held without trial simply for taking taxis without male companions" (para 3). "Other 'immoral offences' prompting women to be locked up include schoolgirls posing for photos with male classmates" (para 4). "A Taliban official at the local Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice confirmed today that authorities have 'instructed that men and women be segregated in restaurants'. Riazullah Seerat told AFP business owners had been verbally warned that the rule applies 'even if they are husband and wife'" (para 9-10). "Seerat added his office has issued a decree that Herat's public...more
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "Last week the authorities ordered them to cover fully in public, preferably with a burqa" (para 24).
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, RCDW-LAW-2
"Women have stopped being issued driver's licenses and are ordered to cover their whole bodies in western city Herat, Afghanistan's third largest" (para 2). "Last week the authorities ordered them to cover fully in public, preferably with a burqa" (para 24).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30).
Variables: SUICIDE-PRACTICE-1
"The film crew found some women had committed suicide by setting themselves on fire or drinking bleach to escape domestic violence after the Taliban, which swept back into power in September last year" (para 30).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Women were pictured protesting the new burqa decree in Kabul on May 10. Placards read 'Don't take women hostage'. Men are now responsible for their wives' failure to follow the law" (para 25). "Afghan women shout anti-Taliban slogans in protest against restrictions in December 2021" (para 31).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2
"Women were pictured protesting the new burqa decree in Kabul on May 10. Placards read 'Don't take women hostage'. Men are now responsible for their wives' failure to follow the law" (para 25). "Afghan women shout anti-Taliban slogans in protest against restrictions in December 2021" (para 31).
Jan. 22, 2024, 6:37 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which replaced the previous women’s ministry, said: ‘We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety'" (para 32).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Khalid Hanafi, acting minister for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which replaced the previous women’s ministry, said: ‘We want our sisters to live with dignity and safety'" (para 32).
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 620 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Afghanistan was 620 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).