LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least 363 cases of violence against women were registered last year in southern Helmand, says the Department of Women Affairs.
Director of Women’s Affairs Wajiha Muqadas Rassouli, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said that 14 of the cases pertained to killings.
She said six cases of sexual abuse, six suicide attempts, 10 engagement cancelation and several others were recorded by her department.
She said: “Most of the incidences have taken place in remote districts where most of the people mistreat women.”
Rassouli linked violence against women to a variety of factors, mainly unemployment . . .
