Essay On Child Exploitation In Afghanistan

Throughout recent history, Afghanistan has been a country in total turmoil. Famine, drought, civil war and Taliban have all had a drastic impact on the Afghan people. This has taken a very negative toll on all Afghan people, but none have been more negatively impacted than the women of Afghanistan. Child exploitation, Poverty, War and Low access to Health/Social services have been main contributions to their turmoil and what I will be discussing today.

In Afghanistan Child exploitation is a common occurrence due to generations of male dominance, traditions such as ‘baad’ and the right to an education being denied to them. Women are strictly banned from leaving the house or going to school, meaning that 87% of Afghan women are illiterate and only 30 percent of girls have access to education in Afghanistan. Ceremonies such as Baad, which is a traditional ceremony where the girl is given away to solve a dispute cause girls to become isolated and depressed. Over 70% of Afghan girls are married before there fifteenth birthday. Women are strictly banned from leaving the house or going to school, meaning that 87% of Afghan women are …show more content…
Lack of health and social services mean that Afghanistan’s child mortality rate is second highest in the world with 1,400 deaths per 100,000 live births. Girls as young as eight must have a child of there own to take care of and that is if they survive the birth of their child. Approximately every 30 minutes, an Afghan women/girl dies during childbirth. Afghanistan offers minimal to no social or health services. The rare services that are offered are small and hard to find. Angiza (not here real name, Images attached) ran away from an uncle trying to sell her in Kabul. Fortunately, she was able to find safe shelter but faced going to prison or being executed for running