Sameela Sikandari writing for UN Dispatch Sameela is a native of Afghanistan and gender equality advocate currently residing in the UK . The sun beats down on the snow streaked peaks, the winding river and the neat, square compounds of sandstone. It lights up the valley, the mountains, the villages, and the two women whose bodies […]
Archives for December 2013
Drug crazed man unpunished for mutilating wife.
‘A drug-addled man mutilates h’s wife and gets away scot free’ – UN Dispatch by Sameela Sikandari Azeem needed money to buy the drugs to which he had become addicted. He didn’t have any. He asked his wife, Sitara, but she didn’t have any either. So Azeem demanded she hand over her jewellery, which he […]
Implementation of Afghanistan’s EVAW Decree – UNAMA reports ‘deteriorating status’.
UNAMA’s 2013 Report on the Implementation of Afghanistan’s EVAW Decree: Reflections and More Actions More than enacting commitments and standards, effective law-making is about ensuring that laws are implemented in a manner that meets the purposes for which thy were adopted. This is what the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is trying to […]