UN: Afghan women have shorter lives and poorer health

Elaha Tue Aug 2025 3 months ago 528

On Monday, August 20, the organization stated in a statement that four years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women have shorter lifespans and poorer health.


The United Nations wrote: “More than 78 percent of Afghan women are neither in education nor have access to employment; finding a job for women has become difficult, and obtaining an academic degree has become impossible for them.”


This is while Afghanistan is grappling with a severely fragile economy, and the lack of women’s employment further bankrupts the country’s economy.


Based on its findings, the United Nations stated that due to women’s lack of access to healthcare and medical services, maternal mortality in Afghanistan will increase by 50 percent by 2026.


The United Nations attributes the rise in this mortality to the consequences of the Taliban’s discriminatory and restrictive policies.


The statement highlighted an increase in forced child marriages, emphasizing that women, both at home and outside, are exposed to greater violence.


The United Nations added that “in some cases, Taliban authorities are themselves involved in forced marriages or are the enforcers of such marriages.”


This comes as the Taliban, upon returning to power, have significantly narrowed the scope of women’s lives by issuing dozens of restrictive decrees against them.

The United Nations says that the issuance of nearly 100 restrictive decrees against women by the Taliban has had devastating consequences and outcomes for women and girls.

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