According to Begum, one of the most challenging issues for women is obtaining identity cards. It's estimated that all over the country, 10 million women don't have IDs. The share is particularly high with Pashtun women, where some 70 percent don't have IDs. "Nobody cares about women's identity cards," says Begum, and adds that women usually only come to the identity card office when they're pushed by men. "Men only seek identity cards for women for their own benefit, to obtain a piece of land or if they have some financial loss." Men who urgently need a woman to get an ID card for their benefit, Begum says, will also often bribe government officials.
Read more at DW, published 28 August 2012.
According to Begum, one of the most challenging issues for women is obtaining identity cards. It's estimated that all over the country, 10 million women don't have IDs. The share is particularly high with Pashtun women, where some 70 percent don't have IDs. "Nobody cares about women's identity cards," says Begum, and adds that women usually only come to the identity card office when they're pushed by men. "Men only seek identity cards for women for their own benefit, to obtain a piece of land or if they have some financial loss." Men who urgently need a woman to get an ID card for their benefit, Begum says, will also often bribe government officials.
Read more at DW, published 28 August 2012.