"UN Says Afghanistan Failing on Protecting Women's Basic Rights"In the wake of International Human Rights Day, the UN is pushing Afghanistan to continue their improvement of women's rights. Afghan women still face a number of injustices like "child marriage, honor killings, and giving away girls to settle disputes." It looks like progress is being made though. In 2009, a law was passed in the country that made child marriage and money marriages (selling females for marriage) illegal. The problem is that the Taliban have not been cooperative in these efforts as they continue to refuse women proper education and require them to wear burqas.
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