Transcript Children’s Rights in Afghanistan and India

Children’s Rights in Afghanistan and India
By Niky Washington
• Population- 28,395,716
• Size: slightly smaller than Texas
• 70% of the population live below the poverty line
• 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday
• 72% of the population over age 15 are illiterate
• Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7
and 13 attend school(http://huebler.blogspot.com/2007/11/indiahas-21-million-children-out-of.html)
• 30% of the children in Kabul, in Afghanistan
are forced into child labor
• Economical problems cause children to work
• Work is also based on child’s gender
• Children 7 and up are forced to work
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Hard to serve traditional practice
Some people are prejudice towards them
Aren't allowed go to school
Face discrimination
Early marriage
Some girls are beaten and abused
BOYS IN AFGHANISTAN
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Unpaid for house work and chores
Take care of children(babysit)
Allowed to go to school
Have to cook and clean
Fetches the food for family
Some boys are violated or beaten
• 1,000 children chose the offering of
education
• Organizations like UNICEF try to help send
children in Afghanistan to school
• Organizations help Afghanistan pay for
educational welfare
• A good school called HTAC helps afghan
children:
• explore the web
• learn about different cultures and lets the
children express there feelings about peace or
war through art
AFGHANISTAN IN 1996
• A group of people called the Taliban took
over Afghanistan
• They banned television, music, and movies
• Kept girls from going to school
• USA defeated the Taliban
Afghan Religious clothing
• Some girls wear burqas: a long scarf, to cover
a girl‘s face
• Some girls have to wear it because of religion
• Some areas in Afghanistan punish woman for
not wearing burqas
• The main colors of burqas are usually blue or
black
Children of primary school age in school
(percent), India 2000 and 2006
Data sources: India Multiple
Indicator Cluster Survey
(MICS)000, India DHS 2005-06.
• Work at very young age
• Children under the age of 14 don’t have
to work
• Child labor is illegal but accepted
because of economical issues
• Children have to work mines, factories,
etc.
• Small amount of money paid to children
working
• India has 16 different languages
• A portion of Indians mainly speak Hindu
• They Believe in Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism, and Sikhism
• Indians believe in reincarnation
• They belief humans may turn into animals
• They do not want to harm animals because of
there belief
• 1/3 of the children in India know how to
read and write
• Only boys go to school in India
• Hard for children because parents can’t
teach them; they don’t know how
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Boys mainly wrestle
Only boys can participate in sports
Girls can play games with dice
Some games are cultural
• Sari- a long and wide cloth that wraps around
you to make a skirt and comes up along the
shoulder
• The way a girl wears clothing can show
social and family status
• Colors on a sari represent religion
• White shoes are not
allowed but it is like
stepping on the colors of the flag
• Dhoti- a cloth worn by men which wraps
around the waist, making pants
• Turban-a headdress for men
• When boys turn 15 they have to wear a
turban
• Not allowed to wear
shorts shorter than their knees
• can wear jeans
Bibliography
• Combating child labor in Afghanistan through education . (n.d.).
Retrieved from One World South Asia :
http://southasia.oneworld.net/todaysheadlines/combating-child-labourin-afghanistan-through-education
• Help the Afghan Children, Charity, Afghanistan, Suraya Sadeed,
Educational Programs for Afghanistan Children, Computer Education,
Peace Education, Environmental Education, Read Afghanistan Literacy
Program, Teacher Training, Landmine Education, Cultural . (n.d.).
Retrieved from Help the Afghan Children, Charity, Afghanistan, Suraya Sadeed,
Educational Programs for Afghanistan Children, Computer Education, Peace
Education, Environmental Education, Read Afghanistan Literacy Program,
Teacher Training, Landmine Education, Cultural E:
http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org/pages.aspx?content=10
• A Kid's Life In Afghanistan. (n.d.). Retrieved from ORACLE Think QuestEducation Foundation: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/afghanistan.html
• A Kid's Life In India. (n.d.). Retrieved from ORACLE Think Quest-Education
Foundation : library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/india.html
• Afghanistan Clothing, Afghan or Afghani Traditional Clothes. (n.d.).
Retrieved from Welcome to Afghanistan Culture!: http://www.afghanistanculture.com/afghanistan-clothing.html
• Child Custody Laws India. (n.d.). Retrieved from A Parent's Guide to Internet
Safety ::Indianchild.com: http://www.indianchild.com/childlaws/child-custodylaws-india.htm
Bibliography
• Child Labor India. (n.d.). Retrieved from A Parent's Guide to
Internet Safety ::Indianchild.com:
http://www.indianchild.com/child_labor_india.htm
• CNST 213 Indian Traditional Dress. (n.d.). Retrieved from
Welcome to the University of Delaware:
http://udel.edu/~orzada/india.htm
• No school for almost half of Afghan children « RAWA News.
(n.d.). Retrieved from The Revolutionary Association of the Women
of Afghanistan (RAWA):
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/03/06/no-school-for-almosthalf-of-afghan-children.html
• United Nations Radio: Protecting children affected by armed
conflict in Afghanistan. (n.d.). Retrieved from United Nations
Multimedia, Radio, Photo and Television:
http://www.unmultimedia.org/radio/english/detail/113176.html
• International Education Statistics: India has 21 million
children out of school. (n.d.). Retrieved from International
Education Statistics: http://huebler.blogspot.com/2007/11/india-has21-million-children-out-of.html