- Out of 1,327 incidents of Violence Against Women (VAW) in Afghanistan:
- 30.7% were related to physical violence
- 30.1% to psychological violence
- 25.2% to sexual violence
- and 14% were a combination of the three, including kidnapping [UNIFEM]
- 82% of incidents of VAW are committed by family members, 9% by the community and 1.7% by state authorities [UNIFEM]
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission registered 1,319 cases of SGBV in 2006: [AIHRC]
- 558 cases of severe beatings
- 213 cases of forced marriage
- 106 cases of self-immolation
- 50 cases of murder
- 41 cases of girl exchange
- 34 cases of rape
- 74 cases of women’s property taken away by husband’s relatives
- 198 cases of a lack of support from the husband
- 19 cases of prevention of women in social activities
- 12 cases of trafficking of girls
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs (Legal Department) registered 2,239 cases of SGBV in 2006:
- 769 cases of forced marriage
- 1,011 cases of beatings
- 87 cases of murder
- 106 cases of self-immolation
- 33 cases of rape
- 20 cases of women’s property taken away by husband’s relatives
- 100 cases of lack of support from husband
- 69 cases of improper behavior
- 24 cases of abduction
- 10 cases of girls’ exchange
- 5 cases of trafficking of girls
- 3 women were accused of theft
- 2 cases of property withheld from natal home