Women’s shelters in Afghanistan are run by foreign and Afghan charities, but the government is planning to take control of them. When the government takes control of them women will be required to have medical examinations monthly, they will have to wear headscarfs at all times, they cannot leave the grounds of the safe house without permission to visit relatives, they will be rejected entry to the shelter if their families want them back or if they are going to marry her away. Human Rights Watch stated that conservatives in the government did not like the shelters because it provides women with some autonomy from abusive husbands and family members.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/02/20112151789998563.html
Ronnie Miller