Domestic abuse: ‘Women in Herat may survive coronavirus but not lockdown’
21/4/2020 Violence against women is endemic in Afghanistan; with services closed by the pandemic, those working with abused women are terrified for their clients Every morning Marzia Akbari, a 25-year-old psychologist from the western Afghan city of Herat, wakes up, picks up her phone and starts calling women. Most calls go unanswered. Since Herat…