THRA - Training Human Rights Association for Afghan Women

FGD on "Challenges that women were faced with during the 2019 presidential elections"

(2020-02-19 11:01:01)

As per the Focus Group Discussion participants, following main challenges were identified that women were faced with during the voting day:

Security threats.
Clicking photos for the BVV Purpose.
Long distance to polling centers from their residences.
Voter's list issues (Female voters' names in Male voter lists).
Male staff in female Polling Stations in some Polling Centers.
Illiteracy (some women were not able to find their desire candidate in the candidates' list).
Lack of access to information related to election and its procedures (Registration for voting, Requirement, legal documents, age, election day etc).