Help Imprisoned Afghan Women Claim Their Legal Rights
Hi,
In 2009, the Afghan Congress ratified the Elimination
of Violence Against Women Act (EVAW), which
criminalized the traditions of forced marriage,
enslavement and abuse of women.
Unfortunately, Afghan women are still being put in
prison for resisting these cultural practices.
Tell Presidents Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai that the
legal rights of Afghan women deserve to be respected.
->
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgbsC/zKZN/BsK6r
According to the U.S. State Department, seventy-five
percent of the Afghan women in prison are condemned for
cultural practices protected from punishment by EVAW.
The fate of these women depends upon the vigilance of
leaders in the U.S. and Afghanistan. Action in both
countries is imperative in order to end this harrowing
practice of gender-based injustice.
Tell Karzai and Obama to end Afghanistan's practice of
imprisoning women accused of moral crimes.
->
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgbsC/zKZN/BsK6r
Thanks for taking action!
Samer
ThePetitionSite
P.S. And please be sure to tell your friends. Tell a friend
link:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Agbsc/zKZN/BsK6r
