In the absence of legal registration of marriages, many Afghan families are faced with various problems.Early age marriages and lack of official registration of marriages are the main causes of problems in the lives of many Afghan couples.People in many regions of Afghanistan refuse to register their marriage, because they find it shameful to reveal their wife’s name.
After years of lobbying by networkers and activists, a standardized 'nikahnama' (marriage contract) has been approved, with the potential of curbing forced and child marriages.
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has approved a new marriage contract which is expected to help stop child and forced marriages in the country.
To counter this, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has launched a marriage registration awareness campaign to boost the number of legally registered couples. Officials say that one of the messages they will be trying to get across is that an Afghan man will not compromise his traditionally dominant position in the family by officially registering his marriage.
