2. METHODOLOGY
This report is based on research carried out between September 2021 and June 2022. Amnesty International delegates conducted research in Afghanistan from 4 to 20 March 2022. The remainder of the research was carried out through remote interviews. In total, Amnesty International interviewed 90 Afghan women and 11 girls for this report. Their ages ranged from 14 to 74 years old. Amnesty International attempted to interview women and girls of diverse age, class, and ethnicity. Amnesty International also tried to reach women in rural settings as well as urban centres, and from as many provinces as possible. For this research, Amnesty spoke to women and girls based in following provinces: Badakhshan, Badghis, Balkh, Bamiyan, Daikundi, Ghazni, Ghor, Helmand, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Paktika, Panjshir, Sar-e Pul, Takhar, Uruzgan and Wardak. In some cases, the woman or girl had recently fled the province where she was formerly based and was in a new location when she spoke with Amnesty International. Almost all of these women and girls were still in Afghanistan. The rest had fled to third countries since the Taliban’s takeover. For interviews related to child, early and forced marriage and freedom of movement, Amnesty International spoke with three men and one boy who were witnesses to violations against women or girls or who were family members of survivors. The majority of the interviews undertaken for this report were conducted with interpretation from Dari or Pashto to English. The remainder of the interviews were conducted in English, without interpretation. In addition to the interviews described above, Amnesty International interviewed six current or former staff members of detention centres, four of whom work in detention centres for women and girls; eight staff members of national NGOs; 14 members of international NGOs or the UN; and 10 independent Afghan and international experts and journalists with expertise on women and girls in Afghanistan. Amnesty International also reviewed reports from UN agencies, international and national NGOs and the media.
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