Current Conflicts of Afghanistan

By: Nada

Social Issue: Women’s Rights• Discrimination against women’s voting rights,

education, and personal security. • Socio-beliefs on women’s education being

unnecessary and dangerous. • Only 12.6% of women in Afghanistan are

educated.• Estimated 1 million extremely poor Afghan

widowed women. • 50% of children under 5 suffer from

malnutrition

Why Where They Poor?• Lack of resources.• Limited arable (able to grow crops) land.• Rain and precipitation is rare.• Illiteracy of men and women is very low

(about 90% of women, 63% of men are illiterate).

• Income depends on agricultural activities (ex. farming, selling crops).

• Lack of infrastructure materials.• CORRUPT GOVERNMENT!!!!

Economical Issues• Average GDP of the nation is about $400-$800

per capita.• Lots of money sponsored from external

nations/organizations (over $50 billion) were too heavily spent to pay for war debts.

• The country was under Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. They were extremely corrupt.

Works Cited• Asia Foundation. NajilaAyubi, 2013. Web. 7 Sept. 2013.

<http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2010/01/27/womens-biggest-problems-in-afghanistan/>.

• Operational World. Operational World, 2013. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. <http://www.operationworld.org/afgh>.

• Pbs. Thirteen, 1 Aug. 2006. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/flying-down-to-kabul/women-in-afghanistan/employment/2202/>.

• Rural Poverty Portal. IFAD, 2013. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. <http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/country/home/tags/afghanistan>.

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