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AFG-2009-L-102060
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Title_of_text
Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) Law, 2009 (Presidential Decree No. 91 of 20 July 2009).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Afghanistan
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2009-07-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The Law was passed by Presidential Decree on the 20th of July 2009. It provides protection for women against violence as well as forced marriages, under-age marriages and polygamous relationships.
As at 2016, the EVAW Law had not yet been approved in parliament.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Ministry of Women's Affairs
Country
Afghanistan
URL
http://mowa.gov.af/
File
AFG102060 Eng.pdf (PDF of Decree in English)