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Each subsection of this profile outlines conclusions and recommendations, identifying key challenges and opportunities in working towards gender equality in the complex operating environment of present-day Afghanistan.
The “Afghanistan gender country profile 2024” provides a detailed snapshot of the situation regarding gender equality in Afghanistan. It analyses legal and institutional frameworks adopted between 2001 and 2021 and current decrees, policies and practices introduced by the Taliban since August 2021, which have fundamentally changed the ...
Here are nine statistics on the state of inequality in Afghanistan — a chasm many now fear could widen as the Taliban come back to power. 1. In Afghanistan, the income of an average woman is less than 16% than of that of an average man, according to 2021 data.
25 maj 2024 · Here are nine statistics on the state of inequality in Afghanistan — a chasm many now fear could widen as the Taliban come back to power. In Afghanistan, the income of an average woman is less than 16% than of that of an average man, according to 2021 data.
In Afghanistan, the adolescent birth rate is 18 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2021, down from 62 per 1,000 in 2017. As of February 2024, NaN% of seats in parliament were held by women. However, work still needs to be done in Afghanistan to achieve gender equality. 28.7% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18.
Economy profiles provide a snapshot of gender equality for 14 key indicators across all topics for the selected country or economy. Each indicator is visualized and accompanied by a brief narrative that highlights data points or insights from the visualization.
In recent decades, Afghanistan has consistently ranked among the lowest scoring countries in various global indices, across a variety of gender equality indicators – due to deeply entrenched inequalities between men and women countrywide, and paricularly in rural areas.
