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Frau im Zug

Brides for India’s North

Published: 18 February 2015
Declining sex ratios due to decades of discrimination against women in certain parts of India have left many men unmarried. An interview about cross-regional marriage migration with Ravinder Kaur.
By Caroline Bertram
Wedding Car in Kabul

Playing with Numbers instead of Protecting Civil Liberties

Published: 10 August 2011
After strong criticism voiced by Afghan human rights and civil society organizations, the Ministry of Justice has modified the draft law on how to celebrate weddings in Afghanistan. The result is disappointing.
Shopping Mall for Afghan Brides

Import Ban on Bridal Dresses

Published: 5 May 2011
Wedding ceremonies have become ruinous for many Afghans. A new law now aims at limiting the expenses. The good intention of the initiative is tarnished, however, because the draft at the same time sanctions heavy governmental interference into personal affairs. Ten years after the fall of the Taliban, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs revives the institution of moral guards. 
By Bente Aika Scheller

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