Hillary Forden, Esq.

Senior Justice Sector Program Advisor

U.S. State Department

Ms. Forden will discuss the defining role that parents and other family members play in arranging Afghan marriages and the relationships that follow. An explanation of domestic violence in Afghanistan with a focus on violence perpetrated by in-laws and other non-intimate partners will follow. Ms. Forden will discuss Afghanistan’s modern family domestic violence laws which protect the rights of women and girls, vis-à-vis the family, and the challenge they pose to traditional family, sex and domestic violence with Afghan decision-makers and the realization that not all truths are self-evident.

Please Note: This presentation will not be livestreamed or recorded.