Bamiyan Shelter Cares For Battered Afghan Women

BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 8: Rahima, 18, poses outside a women's shelter October 8, 2010 in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Rahima, from Maydan Wardak, was a child bride, forced to marry at age 11. Until women's shelters were started, something that was unknown here before 2003, a woman in an abusive marriage usually had no one to go to for protection. The problems many battered and abused women are confronting are deeply ingrained in a culture that has mainly been governed by tribal law. Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, a more concrete idea of women's rights has begun to take hold, promoted by the newly created Ministry of Women's Affairs and a small community of women's advocates. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 8: Rahima, 18, poses outside a women's shelter October 8, 2010 in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Rahima, from Maydan Wardak, was a child bride, forced to marry at age 11. Until women's shelters were started, something that was unknown here before 2003, a woman in an abusive marriage usually had no one to go to for protection. The problems many battered and abused women are confronting are deeply ingrained in a culture that has mainly been governed by tribal law. Since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, a more concrete idea of women's rights has begun to take hold, promoted by the newly created Ministry of Women's Affairs and a small community of women's advocates. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Bamiyan Shelter Cares For Battered Afghan Women
PURCHASE A LICENCE
How can I use this image?
$650.00
AUD

DETAILS

Restrictions:
Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses.
Credit:
Editorial #:
105074111
Collection:
Getty Images News
Date created:
08 October, 2010
Upload date:
Licence type:
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Getty Images AsiaPac
Object name:
61976803