Armenia: Domestic Abuse Bill Back on the Table
After past failures, campaigners are optimistic that parliament will pass the new legislation this time round.
After past failures, campaigners are optimistic that parliament will pass the new legislation this time round.
Wives left behind to manage households as husbands make new lives abroad and stop sending money home.
Custom often dictates that boys get an education while girls are left "one step behind", speakers at discussion events say.
Literacy rates remain poor in Nangarhar despite adult education programmes.
Gender violence said to be rising in secure Bamyan province and falling in war-torn Helmand.
Rights activists accuse police of not taking domestic abuse seriously enough.
Protests follow police shootout with local man suspected of drug trafficking.
Government seems to equate headscarves with security threats posed by militant groups.
Despite law change, underage girls are still being married off in rural communities.