@report {477026, title = {Silence is Violence: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan}, year = {2009}, institution = {UNAMA}, abstract = { http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=publisher\&publisher=UNAMA\&skip=0\&querysi=silence+is+violence\&searchin=fulltext\&sort=date Afghanistan is widely known and appreciated for its rich history, culture, literature and arts as well as its magnificent landscape. It is also widely known that large numbers of Afghans die, or live wretched lives, because violence is an everyday fact of life. Such violence is not openly condoned but neither is it challenged nor condemned by society at large or by state institutions. It is primarily human rights activists that make an issue of violence including, in particular, its impact on, and ramifications for, women and girls in Afghanistan. It is also left to a handful of stakeholders to challenge the way in which a culture of impunity, and the cycle of violence it generates, undermines democratization, the establishment of the rule of law and other efforts geared to building an environment conducive to respect for human rights.\  The report seeks to put back on the agenda some of the issues pertaining to the enjoyment of all human rights by all Afghan women that are being increasingly ignored. The problems identified in this report require further discussion and public debate, with a view to informing appropriate legal, policy and awareness-raising measures.\  }, url = {http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=publisher\&publisher=UNAMA\&skip=0\&querysi=silence+is+violence\&searchin=fulltext\&sort=date} }