Violence is one of the worst acts against Afghan women. This phenomenon, however, has been expanding this year and, unfortunately, it has increased. Compared to last year, it has increased by five percent.
Violence against women is an important social issue that is observed in most countries, even in developed and democratic countries, despite cultural and intellectual progress. The phenomenon of violence against women, like other social phenomena, depends on the cultural and social conditions and characteristics of societies. Usually, societies that are still involved in traditional life and have not entered modern life and civilization in its new sense are more concerned with violence against women than developed and modern societies.
In developed and modern countries, in addition to the fact that women's rights are recognized in law, violence against women is clearly defined and different types of punishment are provided separately, but in traditional societies, in addition to There is a legal vacuum in this regard and the types of violence against women are not specifically explained and the punishment for any of them is not determined; Violence against women also has a cultural background, and tribal and patriarchal culture is one of the main causes of violence against women.
The cultural features of Afghanistan, on the one hand, are the legacy of ancient patriarchal traditions that are experienced in all walks of life, and on the other hand, are not without modern souvenirs. In a large part of the relations and daily life of the Afghan people, new phenomena and thoughts are usually observed, which are usually of external origin, which gradually affect and continue to affect the lives of the people of the society. In the ancient and indigenous tradition of Afghanistan, there are obvious gender differences both in private life and in social life and the public sphere. The dominance of tribal and patriarchal values ​​at the heart of Afghanistan's cultural, social, and political tradition has severely isolated women, and excluded them from decision-making and role-playing in the private and public spheres.