Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design Volume 3 Article 2 10-17-2018 We Are All Farkhunda: An Examination of the Treatment of Women within Afghanistan's Formal Legal System Ashley Lenderman Indiana University Maurer School of Law,
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[email protected]. We Are All Farkhunda: An Examination of the Treatment of Women within Afghanistan’s Formal Legal System ASHLEY LENDERMAN* INTRODUCTION In March 2015, the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, “promised to work towards a commitment to women’s rights, a transformation of the legal system, and a pledge to defeat terrorism.”1 This pledge is timely and necessary because violence against women in Afghanistan is widespread.