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EXAMINING GEN-DER INEQUALITIES
GEOGRAPHY H
09-23-11
Riana Matera – Shelly Kim – SeoYeon Choi
COUNTRIES
Best Worst
Iceland
The United States
Canada
Australia
Sweden
Afghanistan
Somalia
Iraq
Nepal
Sudan
GNP
Australia
GNP
Afghanistan
CULTURE
Australia Afghanistan
Countries diversity
Religious Freedom
Respect
Islamic Country
Ethnic Relations
Marriage
STATUS
Australia Afghanistan
Child Care
Women’s Voice
Preventing Violence
Taliban Control
Restriction: no ac-cess
Public discrimina-tion
EDUCATION
Australia Afghanistan
54.8% - Tertiary
47.5% - vocational ed-ucation and training courses
12.6% - literate
Religion X
BIRTH RATIOS
Australia (2010) Afghanistan (2010)
HEALTH
Australia Afghanistan
Maternal death rate- 95 reported in 2000-2002 Maternal death rate-
6000 per 10000 women
EMPOWERMENT
Australia Afghanistan
EMPLOYMENT
Australia Afghanistan
49/100 (CIA world fact book)
5.3% unemployment rate for men
5.3% unemployment rate for women
Australian Bureau of Statistics
180/199 (CIA world fact book
Overall 40% unemployed (CIA world fact book) most of the 40% are women
LIFE EXPECTANCY
Australia
LIFE EXPECTANCY
Afghanistan
FAMILY SIZE
Australia Afghanistan
3.1 per household
1.8 births per woman
7.4 per household
5.8 births per woman
MIGRATION
Australia Afghanistan
Net Migration Rata: 6.03 migrants/1,000
Net Migration Rate: 3.31 migrants/1,000
LEGAL RIGHTS
Australia Afghanistan
Democratic Rights
Fair Treatment
Human Rights
Seats in Govern-ment
Taliban Rule (1996-2001)
Rural Areas = Few Rights
FACTS Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies
during childbirth 87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate 30 percent of women have access to ed-
ucation in Afghanistan 1 in every 3 Afghan women experience
physical, psychological or sexual violence 44 years is the average life expectancy
rate for women in Afghanistan 70 to 80 percent of women face forced
marriages in Afghanistan
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