The Taliban has enacted a new law that effectively legalizes domestic violence against women, permitting husbands to beat their wives and children as long as they do not cause “broken bones or open wounds.” Even in cases of serious injury—which are nearly impossible to prove—the maximum penalty is just 15 days in prison. Legal experts have described the Taliban’s legally enshrined systems of oppression as gender apartheid—a form of extreme, systematic gender-based oppression designed to entrench and maintain power. But gender apartheid has not yet been criminalized under international law. Learn more endgenderapartheid.today #EndGenderApartheid