BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Afghan Elections

What are the prospects for women's participation in the elections?

More than 40% of those registered to vote in tomorrow's elections in Afghanistan are women. But very few of them may actually go to the polling station because of widespread threats and attacks, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. It found that campaign workers have received death threats for raising women's issues.

At a recent press conference, the current president Hamid Karzai was challenged about what he's doing to increase women's participation in the new government.

But what do Afghan women themselves think? Neelab Sadat, who runs a women's market in Kabul talks about how difficult it is for ordinary women to decide whom to vote for:

So what is likely to happen when voting for the Afghan president begins tomorrow morning? BBC journalist Meena Baktash talks to Martha from Kabul.

BBC News - Afghan Elections
HRW - Women and Elections in Afghanistan

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