{"id":1752,"date":"2021-11-02T21:03:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T21:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:19:39","slug":"afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/ru\/resource\/uncategorised\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan &#8212; Shia Personal Status Law of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"meta-split-banner-block\" style=\"background-color:#00754C\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"columns is-gapless is-multiline is-mobile\">\n            <div class=\"column is-12-mobile is-8-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                <div class=\"image-container-overlay is-hidden-desktop\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"outer\">\n                    <div class=\"inner left\">\n                        <div class=\"split-post-content\">\n\n                            <div class=\"columns is-multiline is-mobile\">\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <p class=\"date\">2nd \u041d\u043e\u044f\u0431\u0440\u044c 2021<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"column is-12\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"title\">Afghanistan &#8212; Shia Personal Status Law of 2009<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                                <div class=\"columns\">\n                                    <div class=\"column is-9\">\n                                        <p class=\"time-to-read\">3 min read<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                            \n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"column is-6-desktop is-hidden-touch\">\n                <div class=\"image-container\">\n\n                    \n                        <div class=\"image-overlay\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/placeholder.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"full-width-content-block\">\n\n    \n        <div class=\"container\" data-aos=\"fade-up\">\n            <div class=\"columns\">\n                <div class=\"column\">\n\n                    <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 123 of Afghanistan\u2019s Shia Personal Status Law of 2009 provides that the household&#8217;s supervision is solely the right of the husband and restricts a wife&#8217;s right to leave the home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Country:<\/strong>\u00a0Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law status:\u00a0<\/strong>Discriminatory law in force<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Marriage, Divorce, Polygamy &amp; Wife Obedience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/news\/news-and-insights\/afghanistan_women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Update, August 16, 2021: Read Equality Now&#8217;s statement on the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Article 123 of Afghanistan\u2019s Shia Personal Status Law of 2009 provides that the household&#8217;s supervision is solely the right of the husband and restricts a wife&#8217;s right to leave the home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Article 123.\u00a0<em>(1)\u00a0<strong>The household\u2019s supervision is the right of the husband<\/strong>, unless based on the husband\u2019s mental deficiency, and by order of the court, it is given to the wife.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --> <!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em>(2)\u00a0<strong>A wife can leave the house for legal purposes to the extent that local custom allows<\/strong>\u00a0. . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworld.org\/pdfid\/4a24ed5b2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore Afghanistan&#8217;s full law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-signpost-block\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","post_tag":[],"resource_type":[],"law_status":[216],"law_type":[223],"issue":[49],"region":[],"class_list":["post-1752","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","issue-achieve-legal-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Afghanistan - Shia Personal Status Law of 2009 - Equality Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ru_RU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afghanistan - Shia Personal Status Law of 2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalitynow.org\/resource\/uncategorised\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Equality Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equalitynoworg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-26T18:19:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044f \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0447\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 \u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443\u0442\u0430\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\\\/\",\"name\":\"Afghanistan - Shia Personal Status Law of 2009 - Equality Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-02T21:03:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-26T18:19:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ru-RU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/resource\\\/uncategorised\\\/afghanistan_shia_personal_status_law_of_2009\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/equalitynow.org\\\/ar\\\/resource\\\/%type%\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Afghanistan &#8211; 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