scholarships in foreign Universities as well as private domestic institutes of higher education. 7. The Afghan government should develop measures to create a working environment free from discrimination, gender-based violence and female sexual harassment in the government as well as the private sector. 8. The Afghan government should develop appropriate procedures to ensure equal employment opportunities for women in order to become financially self-reliant and independent. 9. The Afghan government should be obliged to take all necessary measures for women to exercise their right to property, in correspondence with the law and in opposition to the continuous adherence to archaic and discriminatory property-relations. 10. The Afghan government should not only defend women's rights but be obliged to develop coherent mechanisms and policies to enable women to practically exercise their clearly defined rights. 11. The Afghan government should build appropriate sporting venues exclusively for women in order to ensure women's physical health and fitness. In the meantime, the existing venues should be provided to women and men equally and fairly and at separate times. 12. The Afghan government should develop and implement specific mechanisms within rural health and educational centers to provide basic health, family and legal advice in order to reduce the number of health and family-related problems of rural women. B. Legislative Recommendations 13. Article 3981 of the Afghan penal code is inherently crime-generating and provides space for the abuse and violence of women in society. It is recommended to the Afghan national assembly to urgently amend the article and thus ensure that the judicial institutions prosecute the accused, rather than his/ her relatives. 14. The police, prosecution office and courts should treat women suspected and/or accused of a crime according to the corresponding articles of the law and avoid the use of legally inexistent and judgmental terms such as “moral crimes”. 15. The Afghan government should develop and implement appropriate 1 Article 398 states that when a husband finds his wife in bed with someone else, the husband and /or his family are allowed to kill her without fear of prosecution. AHRDO Afghan Women after the Taliban: Will History Repeat Itself? Page 8