AFGHANISTAN | ASIA
Article 18 of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) (Laws Prohibiting Trafficking of Women and Girls)
Type of Measure
Laws > Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence
Trafficking
Year
2009
Brief Description
Article 18 of the Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women prohibits a person from forcing an adult woman into prostitution. People who are guilty of this offence will be sentenced to long term imprisonment of at least 7 years. If the victim of trafficking is a girl who is not an adult, the perpetrator shall be sentenced to long term imprisonment of at least 10 years.
Source of Information
Government of Afghanistan, National Review on Beijing+20, 2014 page 6 (Section 1.6)
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