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  2. Poverty in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Until 2017, no government monitoring on child poverty had taken place in Afghanistan. The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative began working in cooperation with the Central Statistics Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund of Afghanistan to aid the Afghanistan government in creating policies and budgets to help alleviate ...

  3. Child marriage in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    The cycle of poverty perpetuates itself, as child brides have limited future employment opportunities; in one survey, 94.3% of women who had been child brides reported that they were unemployed. [5] The Taliban's August 2021 takeover of Afghanistan increased poverty and desperation. Two months later, over half the population suffered food ...

  4. Child labor, malnutrition, and education restrictions have ...

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    The children are being sold, forced to work, and facing starvation. Child labor, malnutrition, and education restrictions have put the future of Afghanistan's youth in peril: 'This is not the ...

  5. List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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    According to World Bank, "Poverty headcount ratio at a defined value a day is the percentage of the population living on less than that value a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions."

  6. Afghanistan’s Fall Into Extreme Poverty, Explained - AOL

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    Afghanistan has spiraled into near-universal poverty since the Taliban took over. The price of basic goods has surged, drought is worsening food insecurity and some have resorted to selling their ...

  7. Bacha bazi - Wikipedia

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    After an online stream of the original production was released in July 2020, [56] the work received significant backlash from Afghans, [57] particularly LGBT Afghans, who perceived it as romanticizing child sexual abuse and criticized the white American writers for orientalism and misrepresenting bacha bazi as an accepted "tradition" in ...

  8. California students, families stranded in Afghanistan - AOL

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    School officials have raised concerns about 16 adults and 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.

  9. Child poverty - Wikipedia

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    The effect of child poverty differs based on the social-economic-geographic aspects. The direct effect of child poverty are: Poor physical health; Effect on mental development and mental health of the child (such as low self esteem) Chances of being part of skilled labour is very low; Experience a highly deprived and isolated life at a very ...