A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks in Kabul

A burqa-clad Afghan woman walks in Kabul on November 23, 2011. A landmark law aiming to protect Afghan women's rights by criminalising acts like child marriage and rape is only being used to prosecute a small number of cases, the United Nations said.The Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law was enacted in 2009 but Afghan courts have only turned to it for just over 100 cases, often relying instead on Islamic Sharia law, it added. The report from the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights again highlights serious and lingering women's rights problems ten years after the Taliban were toppled by a US-led invasion. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Images)