Taliban restrictions

Over the past five years, women have been pushed out of Afghanistan’s universities in two distinct capacities: first as students, and later as professors and academic staff. The process was …

Female health workers: Women make up only 27% of general practitioners, 18% of specialists, and 29% of nurses. Maternal mortality: Afghanistan records 620 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Midwife …

Women’s employment: Women make up only 6–7% of household income earners. Economic loss: Excluding women from work and education costs Afghanistan an estimated US$1.4 billion annually, equivalent to 2% of …