Women's Rights in Afghanistan Project By: Julia Huynh and Joanna McElfish.
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Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Project By: Julia Huynh and Joanna McElfish
Health Care
• Poor health care in Afghanistan effects women. One in Eight Afghani women die from pregnancy related complications.
• Afghani women are “invisible” and do not participate in public life
• 85% of women do not have education• 79% women are illiterate• Average Salary is 48 cents• Number of children born per woman = 7• 1 of every 62 woman die during child birth
Family
• Arranged marriage• Families live in the same homes with all
their kids• Son gets married and lives in a room in
their parents home• Highly protected.
Credits
• http://www.womenforwomen.org/global-initiatives-helping-women/help-women-afghanistan.php?gclid=CPOus7u3_J8CFQdY2godthIRjw