Human Rights in Afghanistan

1. Human Rights in Afghanistan Afghanistan is #7 on the list of the world’s failed states

2. 17% of Afghan babies will die at birth • Approximately 25% of Afghan children will die between birth and age 5 “The following children froze to death in Kabul over the past three weeks after their families had fled war zones in Afghanistan for refugee camps here”http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/world/asia/cold-weather-kills-children-in-afghan-refugee-camps.html?scp=3&sq=afghanistan%20cold&st=cse

3. 13% of women will die each year from childbirth **Afghanistan has been ranked the 160th out of 160 countries for the worst place to be a mother**

4. 97% of children in Afghanistan will witness an act of violence by the age of 16 • 67% of children who will experience the death of a close family member by the age of 16 “Record Number of Afghan Civilians Died in 2011, Mostly in Insurgent Attacks, U.N. Says”

5. 87% of Afghanis live in poverty • 83% of Afghanis have no access to safe water • 90% of Afghanis do not have access to sanitation • 70% of Afghanis are undernourished **Life expectancy in Afghanistan is 44** ( U.S. is 78)

6. 23% of Afghanis will need food and health aid to survive winter • 13% of Afghani women and children who will need aid

7. 60% of Afghani boys attend school • 3% of Afghani girls attend school • 53% of Afghani men are literate • 23% of Afghani women are literate **Schools for girls are often attacked by insurgents. In the last 6 months 16 schools have been bombed**

8. The worst part? This is generally an IMPROVEMENT of what it was 15 years ago.