its short PPT about women situation(political,social,economic) in Afghanistan.

1. Prepared by: Saqib Fikree
BA(H) Political Science,2nd year
University of Delhi

3.  Located in central Asia
 Kabul is the capital of
Afghanistan.
 Its territory covers 652,000 km2
 Population:35 million
 Religion: 99% Muslims and 1%
Sikhs
 Official Languages: Pashto
and Dari

5. WOMEN AND HISTORY

6. afghan women before 1980s
 During 1980s afghan women lived
equally to the women of Europe.
 First secondary female school was
established in Kabul.
 Every type of freedom, educational
facilities existed for them.
 Co-education
 The constitution gave women the
right to vote, and allowed them to
enter politics.
 The Democratic Organization of
Afghan Women (DOAW) was
formed. DOAW worked against
illiteracy, forced marriages and
bride prices.

8. Life during Taliban(1996-2001)
 Girls were banned from
schools.
 Banned from working
 Banned from leaving the
house without male
relatives.
 Banned from showing skin
in public.
 Banned from public
speaking.
 They forced women to
wear the burqa.

10. Women after Taliban
 Hamid karzai became
the president of
Afghanistan in 2001.
 New constitution passed
 Schools opened for girls
 Women allowed to work
 Child marriage became
banned.
 Women recognized
politically.

11. Marriage
 Marriage is arranged by
parents.
 The amount of bridge price
is fixed in the laws of
Afghanistan.
 After the engagement the
bridegroom is allowed to
visit his fiancé in her
father's house.
 Premarital sexual
relationships are prohibited.

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 Polygamous marriage
 Afghanistan law permits a man
to have four
wives.
 Divorce
 Afghanistan constitution
permitted divorce.
 Husband had to seek his wife’s
consent.
 Inheritance
 Woman could inherit half of the
property.
 wife inherits one-four of
property if there is no offspring.
 If there is then one-eight.

14. Women in politics
 In parliamen:68/249
seats 28%
 Reservation of
minimum two seats were
given to women in every
province of Afghanistan
 Four women ministers

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 The newly appointed
female ministers include:
 Minister of women’s affairs
Dilbar Nazari
 Minister of counter-
narcotics Salamat Azimi
 Minister of higher
education Farida Momand
 Minister of labor, social
affairs, martyrs and the
disabled, Nasrin
Oryakhail.

16. Women In economic sector.
 30% of agricultural
activities are performed
by women
 Almost 20% of afghan
women taking part in
business, carpet
industry, and private
small business.

17. Education

 The Afghan Ministry of Education
estimates that there are presently
8.4 million students (40 percent
of which are girls) in primary and
secondary schools.
 200,000 students attends college
— but only 35% are women, and
65% men
 33% of teachers in Afghanistan are
comprised of women
 Co-education is prohibited in
schools, but in universities co
education is familiar now

18. Constitution
 Women and men are equal
 Article 22 prohibits discriminations
among the citizens of Afghanistan,
and declaring that both men and
women are equal and have equal
rights and duties before the law.
 It explicitly prohibits discrimination
and recognizes equal rights for men
and women.
 the Constitution reserves number of
seats for women in Afghanistan’s
bicameral National Assembly
 Women permitted to work outside
the home, to engage in political
activities.

19. Challenges for afghan women
 70% women are
illiterate.
 1 out of 10 children die
before age 5.
 1.5 millions widows in
Afghanistan.
 Still they are not
politically dependent.
 There is a lack of decent
health care for women
 Child marriages.