What we know is that several ministers were not aware that the President had signed the law, the Minister of Foreign Affairs being one of them.
As well, the Minister of Women's Affairs did not know the law had been signed. When I met with her, she told me that this came as a complete surprise, even though her ministry was involved in the negotiations about the drafting of this legislation and she had five members on the drafting committee, whom we supported. This came as a surprise to her also.
As far as the whole issue of security for women and girls is concerned, we are working with several women's civil society organizations, about 60 of them in six provinces. We're working with legal clinics that specialize in protecting women and girls. Women and girls can go to them if they feel their rights have been abused. We do radio programs. We train people on the ground.
But this is a long process. This is a country where abuse of women's rights has been ongoing for several generations. To create a culture of respect and to promote the protection of human rights is going to take some time.
I'm sure that the Minister of the Interior, whom you met, has good intentions. For example, when those 300 young girls went out in the street to protest in front of the Blue Mosque in Kabul, the interesting thing is that the people who came to their rescue were women police officers. I think that's the story. That would not have happened 10 years ago.