Women's access to justice in Afghanistan : individual versus community barriers to justice / Tim Luccaro and Erica Gaston.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Luccaro, Tim, author.

Gaston, E. L., author.

Contributor:

United States Institute of Peace, issuing body.

Series:

Peaceworks ; no. 98.

Peaceworks ; no. 98

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--Afghanistan.

Women's rights.

Justice, Administration of--Afghanistan.

Justice, Administration of.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2014.

Summary:

Despite tremendous gains in women's rights since the fall of the Taliban in 2002, Afghan women still face enormous challenges to accessing justice. Drawn from more than six months of in-depth field research in five Afghan provinces in 2011 and 2012, this report documents the pervasive inequality and suffering of women across Afghanistan. No interviewees were able to describe a situation in which a woman was treated equally to a man or could fully exercise her rights to seek justice, and many of the cases documented stemmed from violations of women's most fundamental rights, including domestic abuse, rape or sexual assault, and punishment or imprisonment for running away from home. This report probes how and where women pursue justice, what barriers they face, and what the Afghan government and international donors and programmers might do to help ensure long-term, sustainable access for women to justice in Afghanistan.

Contents:

Introduction

Challenges ahead

Methodology

Common rights violations and causes of dispute

Mechanisms and barriers in dispute resolution for women

Conclusion : strategizing for long-term sustainable impact

Recommendations.

Notes:

"July 2014"--Page [1].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-60).

Title from title screen (viewed August 8, 2014).

OCLC:

885756236