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A GIRL CAN DREAM

A GIRL CAN DREAM. Afghanistan. Background. Quick Facts. Capital City: Kabul: 3 million Major Religion: Islam (99%) Similar climate to Delaware in capital city Other areas can be HOT deserts or FREEZING mountains. Islam. Literacy. “Literacy” is the ability to read and write

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A GIRL CAN DREAM

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  1. A GIRL CAN DREAM Afghanistan

  2. Background

  3. Quick Facts • Capital City: Kabul: 3 million • Major Religion: Islam (99%) • Similar climate to Delaware in capital city • Other areas can be HOT deserts or FREEZING mountains

  4. Islam

  5. Literacy • “Literacy” is the ability to read and write • In Delaware, around 89% of people are literate • Think of all the things we can do because we know how to read! • How often do we have to read during the day? • In Afghanistan, the female literacy rate is 12% • Total population: 34%

  6. School Favorite classes? Favorite part of the day? How does everyone get to school? Who plans to go to high school? College? In Afghanistan, 40% of girls go to primary (elementary) school 6% of girls go to secondary school (middle/high school) What would your life be like without school? What would you miss the most? How would you make friends?

  7. Our Opportunities • What do you want to be when you grow up? • This question has a totally different meaning for girls in Afghanistan • Who wants to get a driver’s license someday? • Who thinks they want to get married one day? When? • The power to make these kinds of decisions are privileges that girls in Afghanistan don’t have…

  8. In Afghanistan… • Men are in charge of the decisions that govern a woman’s life: • Girls are married in arranged marriages, that can be arranged before they are even born • Many girls get married when they are 10 to 12 years old • There is usually an economic reason for this…meaning their fathers get paid for their marriage. • Girls cannot drive cars in Afghanistan • The major jobs that women can have (women that are allowed to work) are as farmers or seamstresses

  9. Things Can Change! • Women in Afghanistan are overcoming the challenges that they face: • Girls and women are learning to read: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnWo63RLmLA&feature=player_embedded • Women are getting money from companies that allows them to create jobs for themselves: http://www.acted.org/en/success-story-afghan-woman-entrepreneur • Charities are helping women develop their own businesses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2wTZ03rU8o

  10. Group Discussion What privileges do we have that girls in Afghanistan do not? How can we best take advantage of our opportunities? What can we do to help the lives of girls in other countries?

  11. Further Research! • To see the things that girls in Afghanistan are doing, even with all the things they have to overcome look at • http://awwproject.org • http://www.macfound.org/programs/girlseducation/

  12. Sources The World Factbook 2009. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2009.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

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