In Afghanistan, women’s groups are claiming a rare victory. Last winter, the government was planning to bring battered women’s shelters under government control. Women’s rights advocates sprang into action, complaining that the new rules would turn shelters into virtual prisons for women who had run away from home because of abuse. But after a flurry of media attention, the Afghan government agreed to re-examine the issue. And this month, President Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet quietly approved a new draft that has support from women’s groups.

Via:[http://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140709134/afghan-women-fight-back-preserve-shelters]