Stage 2: Afghanistan

There are multiple human rights violations and abuses under Taliban

Since taking power, the Taliban have imposed rules that comprehensively prevent women and girls from exercising their most fundamental rights

They have prohibited women from traveling or going to their workplace without a male family member accompanying them

Healthcare in Afghanistan is slowly improving after it was almost non-existent due to the decades of war.

The physical and psychological effects of war have substantially increased the need for medical care. In the first quarter of 2019 there were 34 reported attacks on healthcare facilities, at least 87 were closed.

There are media reports of low-quality, fake or expired Pakistani and Iranian drugs. As many patients cannot pay for their prescriptions doctors may give them expired medicines.

In Afghanistan, 49.4% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2020.

poverty in Afghanistan stems from two factors: “food insecurity and the lack of a social security net.”

Food insecurity: Almost 20 million people (half the population) are suffering either level-3 “crisis” or level-4 “emergency” levels of food insecurity under the assessment system of the World Food Programme (WFP)

Social security net: According to the World Bank, income and economic output in Afghanistan have fallen 20-30 percent, imports have declined by approximately 40 percent, and about 70 percent of Afghan households report they are unable to fully meet basic food or non-food needs.

In Afghanistan, the income of an average woman is less than 16% than of that of an average man, according to 2021 data.

Afghanistan comes bottom of 156 countries when it comes to measuring what economic opportunity is open to women against the options on offer to men.

In 2015, researchers found that 46.1% of women aged 15-49 said they had been subject to physical or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner within the previous year.

The current population of Afghanistan is 40,973,646

Afghanistan's population is growing at a rate of 2.33% per year.

Its fertility rate of 4.56 births per woman still pushes the population up.

Afghanistan has been ranked as the "least secure" country in the world, according to a survey.

Canadians are warned to avoid all travel to Afghanistan due to the security situation, terrorist attacks, ongoing armed conflict, risk of kidnapping, and high crime rate.

There continues to be an ongoing and very high threat of terrorist attack throughout Afghanistan, including around airports and at land border crossings.

Due to lack of infrastructure, many students receive low-quality education, face discrimination, and struggle to get to school.

The average school life expectancy is only 10 years, and only 62.7% of people over the age of 15 can read and write.

According to UNICEF only 16% of Afghanistan schools are girls only and many lack proper sanitation, showing how women education is undervalued in Afghanistan Society.

The Taliban Islamic Movement, which has complete control over government and dominates Afghan politics.

Under their harsh rule, they have token away women’s rights and neglected basic services.