The Purpose of Elimination of Violence against Women is Maintaining Affection and Discipline in the Family
The Purpose of Elimination of Violence against Women is Maintaining Affection and Discipline in the Family
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) conducted a one-year performance reporting conference on March 12, 2017, with the presence of governmental and non-governmental media at the government’s media center hall.
Fighting violence against women is one of the basic duties, which the AGO performs in addition to other duties. Parwin Rahimi, Director of Prosecution Office for EVAW and Juvenile Violation said, “AGO is holding awareness programs in order to decrease the number of violence and to persuade victims to report their complaints.”
Ms. Rahimi believes that AGO has taken effective actions regarding fighting violence against women and one of the achievements is establishing the Deputy Attorney General office for Elimination of Violence against Women.
Special Prosecution Office of Elimination of Violence against Women has performed effective activities through its organizational structure of women prosecutors in 23 provinces, with 49 active women prosecutors in Afghanistan, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with different ministries, and recruiting 244 women for the internship and capacity building programs.
Signing MoUs with a Psychotherapy Clinic and Directorate of Local Governance and establishing coordination with Institutions for Women's Rights Advocacy are other achievements of Special Prosecution of Elimination of Violence against Women to fight violence against women.
Zarghona Mostaghfar, the Chief of Cassation Prosecution Office of Elimination of Violence against Women said, “Across the country, 2442 violence cases have been adjudicated; out of which 1375 of them belong to Kabul.”
Adjudicated EVAW Cases include the following provinces:
Badakhshan, 39
Badghis, 99
Balkh, 125
Bamyan, 21
Daykundi, 99
Farah, 5
Faryab, 2
Ghazni, 33
Ghor, 9
Helmand, 24
Herat, 250
Jawzjan, 37
Kandahar, 23
Kapisa, 18
Khost, 10
Kunduz, 36
Laghman, 11
Logar, 17
Maidan Wardak, 15
Nangarhar, 116
Nimruz, 12
Paktia, 10
Paktika, 16
Panjshir, 6
Parwan, 20,
Samangan, 28
Sar-e-Pul, 18
Takhar, 33
Zabul, 9
Among the above provincial cases:
Finalized, 149
Submitted to Primary Court for Review, 157
Transferred to Appellate Court for Prosecution, 111
Submitted to Cassation Prosecution Office of EVAW for Final Decision, 67
Temporarily Submitted to AGO Administration Section of AGO for Maintenance until the Victim’s Return, 147
Acquitted Based on the Given Right of Victims upon Coming to an Agreement, 397
Transferred to Huquq Department, 115
Under Prosecution by the EVAW Prosecution Office, 230
The violence victims filed most of these cases, which indicates the high level of awareness among women.
On March 8, International Women’s Day, the Human Rights Commission announced a 6.8% increase in the cases of violence against women in Afghanistan.