Afghanistan

Since March 2007 till now there has been a 40 per cent rise in violence against women in Aghanistan, says the UN
Womankind Worldwide, a British charity, says 80 per cent of Afghan women suffer domestic violence
UNIFEM says 70 to 80 per cent women face forced marriages (2008)
Fifty seven per cent girls are married before the legal age of 16 and the maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan is among the highest in the world
Every year 24,000 Afghan women die due to diseases; 70 per cent women have no access to medical care, according to UNFPA

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