2-shaima gender equality opportunities afg

8/11/2019 2-Shaima Gender Equality Opportunities AFG

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Gender EqualityIssues and Opportunities
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HealthKey Indicators:

Maternal mortality ratio has decreased to 400 deaths per100,000 live births from 1,600 deaths per 100,000 live

births in 2002.

Infant mortality rate has declined to 74 deaths per1,000 from 115 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002

Under-five mortality rate has come down to 99deaths per 1,000 live births from 157 deaths per 1,000live births

contraceptive prevalence rate has reach 21.2% from

10% in 2002

fertility rate reduced to 5.1 from 6.3 in 2002

Skilled birth attendance has reached 39% from just14% in 2002


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Challenges and Opportunities in Health

1. Access to Healthcare - reaching remaining uncovered areas which are still withoutaccess to basic healthcare facilities.

2. Invest in Health Human Resources - Invest in femalehealth professionals

3. Skilled Birth Attendants - Continue training midwives,

expanding midwifery school coverage to all provinces,4. Contraceptive Use - Continue and expand information

outreach regarding contraceptive options and benefits.

5. Legislation - Remove abortion from the Afghan penal

code, and further define medical and other justificationsfor accessing safe abortion (i.e. after rape).


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EducationKey Indicators:

Enrollments for primary and secondary education for 2012-2013 reached 8.99million students out of which 3.6 million (40%) are girls

Girls account for 48% of primary school enrollments, 35%of lower secondary, and 34% of higher secondary.

The literacy rate for the population aged 15 and above hasreached(45% for men and 17% for women).

Ministry of Educations NLAP for 2010 -2014 aims to achieve48% literacy, with an emphasis on improving the literacy rateamong women.


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Challenges and Opportunities in Education

1. Access to Appropriate Education Facilities - Extend coverage of government schools to become closer to communities, and ensure that boundary walls, water supply, separatelatrines, books, and supplies are available at each school.

2. Community-based Education - Expand the CBEmodel for areas which do not currently have regular

government schools.

3. School Security - Work to minimize attacks on schools,firstly by not using schools for purposes beyondeducation,

4. Transition Years and Drop-out Rates - Provide

additional support for girls during years that showstatistically high drop-out rates, in an effort tointervene at the highest risk points in the retentionof girls in school.


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Employment

Key Indicators:

Labour force participation rate is 47% for women and 86% for men

Women own only 1.87% of land

women make at least 30% of the labor force working in theagricultural sector.


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Challenges and Opportunities in Employment

1. Women in Agriculture - Support agricultural value chains that allow for greater participation of women and support the expansion of models proven to includewomen in more diverse stages of the value chain such that their knowledge androles can expand.

2. Education for Social Sector Employment - Women's participation in health,education, justice, other social services, and in the civil service is critical.

3. Skills Development - Link vocational training or other support to women's skillsdevelopment directly to markets, based on sound analysis.

4. Childcare, Mobility, and Woman-friendly Workplaces - The public sector shouldlead the way in developing models of access to affordable childcare, safetransportation options, and positive working environments for women, to helpattract women to formal employment and retain positions once they have taken upwork


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Legal Rights and Voice

Key Indicators:

EVAW LAW

An estimated 57% of marriages are forced

46.3% of girls marry before the age of 18

87.2% of women have experienced some form ofviolence like physical violence, psychological

violence, economic violence, social abuse, sexual violence and rape,

Women own only 1.87% of land


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Challenges and issues in Legal Rights

1. Continued Legal Reform- Pass the EVAW Law through Parliament that providegreater rights for women.

2. Female Legal Professionals and the ANP - Invest in female legal professionals of

various kinds. Invest in significant reform within the ANP

3. Greater Awareness of the EVAW Law - Since an estimated 80% of cases are stilladjudicated by traditional justice mechanisms, and awareness within the formallegal system is necessary.


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Challenges and Opportunities in Legal Rights

4. Data Collection - Develop a central database to record all relevant cases of crimesthat are codified under the EVA W Law

5. Support to a Legal Social Safety Net - Support shelters and their expansion to new

provinces, along with greater availability of legal aid. Help shelters developtraining. skills development, and other strategies that can help women safely andsustainably leave shelters.

6. Establish a Target for Women in Appointed Positions The Government should setminimum targets for appointing women to governor and mayoral appointed

positions.


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Legal Right and Voice


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Cross-Cutting Issues in all Sectors

Need for educated and professionally qualified women

climate of insecurity.

violence against women


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