Violence against women in Afghanistan increased by eight percent during the seven months between March and October this year compared with the similar period last year, a human rights group said on Saturday.
A total of 2,762 cases of violence against women were registered between 21 March and 22 October, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a report. That was up from 2,536 cases registered during the same period last year.
Violence against women includes physical, sexual, economic, verbal and psychological, forced marriage and child marriage.
Based on the report, 97 percent of violence happened in homes with the rest happening in streets, workplace, hospitals, schools, universities and prisons.
The most widespread form of violence was physical violence accounting for 26 percent. It includes 30 deaths, 71 injuries and seven cases of setting on fire.
Bad tradition, insecurity, lack of government control, lack of action against perpetrators, impunity, culture of impunity, corruption, misuse of power were cited as reasons for violence against women in Afghanistan.
