WUNRN
AFGHANISTAN - PETITION TO STOP
REPEAL OF LAW ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Dear Friends,
We just created a new petition -
SUPPORT AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS: STOP THE REPEAL of EVAW the Law to Eliminate
Violence Against Women.
The petition is needed to stop the
Afghan Parliament and President Karzai from repealing the 2009 Afghan Law on
the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) to replace it with a less
effective version that would serve the interests of extremists and perpetrators
of violence against women. The existing law prohibits 22 acts of violence
against women, provides support to survivors, and prosecutes offenders.
Read more about it and sign it here and please send it to your friends and
networks to sign too:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/SUPPORT_AFGHAN_WOMENS_RIGHTS_STOP_THE_REPEAL_of_EVAW_the_Law_to_Eliminate_Violence_Against_Women/?eAEjZcb
Jalal Foundation
Dr. Massouda Jalal
Kabul, Afghanistan
http://jalal-foundation.org/