Over the past three years, Rights &
Democracy has been directly involved in the reform of family law in Afghanistan. Through fieldwork and research work, a number of
questions, reflections and lines of analysis were raised that needed further
discussion. To this end, four authors have reflected on a series of questions
that are central themes of this book: the evolution of reforms in 20th century
Afghanistan; the participation of civil society in the legislative process in
the post-Taliban era; the marriage contract and registration of marriages; and
the gap between the theoretical discourse and practice with regards to
protecting the rights of women.