The letter was written and signed by Ghor’s former Ulema Council Head, Mawlawi Esmatullah Nadim, and stated: “Considering Sharia provisions, the current chaotic situation in Ghor and the will and opinion of the people, the governor of Ghor should step down from her position and respect the will of Ulema. On 4 July 2015, a week after Joyenda’s appointment, the Ulema Council in Ghor sent an official letter demanding her resignation. Joyenda was one of two female governors introduced by the National Unity Government (the other one being Masuma Muradi, governor of Daikundi). On 28 June 2015, Sima Joyenda (1) was appointed governor of Ghor province. (Written in cooperation with Ehsan Qaane and Sari Kouvo). In this unsettling provincial case study, AAN’s Salima Ahmadi takes a closer look at how conservative attitudes and customary practices, combined with insecurity and a failing justice system, result in an environment of near-constant violence against Afghan girls and women, where perpetrators literally get away with murder. Not only was the appointment of its first female provincial governor overturned, there has also been a series of extreme cases of violence against its women. Ghor province, in western Afghanistan, has been in the headlines in the past few years.
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