HR: 3.b Afghanistan CS

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

• Landlocked country in Middle East/ South West of Asia
• 2013 HDI = 0.468
• political instability
• 169th/ 187

Question 2

History

Answer 2

• Taliban are in control of 90% of the country
• violation of HR
• Troops left Afghanistan in 2022
• increased rates of kidnapping
• increased rates of domestic violence

Question 3

UN

Answer 3

• aim to achieve world peace and development
• promote respect for international laws and humanitarian laws
• implement freedoms and human right provisions in Afghan constitution
• promote accountability
• achieve full enjoyment of rights of women and displaced personnel and returning refugees

Question 4

Afghan Government

Answer 4

• co-operate with NGOs
• joined South Asian Association to promote economic growth
• pasted laws to help improve the democratic process
• attempts are being made to pass a law to remove the quota for the number of women in Afghan parliament

Question 5

Afghan Aid

Answer 5

• involved in sustainable rural development strategies
• coordinated its projects work with that of the UN and government
• aim to improve food security and women’s rights

Question 6

Consequences of Global Governance

Answer 6

• Afghan government is supported by international organisations to engage in local community projects
• more effective than top down strategies
• in 2014 more than 6million children were in school and 40% were girls
• access to health care increased to around 50% of population
• MMR had halved since 2001
• effects aren’t uniform across the whole country
• aim to protect in rural areas not just the cities

Question 7

Rural projects (Ghor)

Answer 7

• very politically unstable and insecure
• poverty has lead to families needing to sell livestock and other assets
• basic needs have been ignored which has lead to increased rates of selling daughters
• limited sanitation, health care and education
• Afghan aid has transformed lives of local communities
• increased freedom and local democratic practices, increases election committee

Question 8

Urban neighbourhood (Kabul)

Answer 8

• working with government and funding from Japan to develop neighbourhoods
• denial of basic human rights and rapid urban growth has lead to deprivation in local communities ( in services e.g healthcare)
• encouraging women to work
• many of the community development council plan to upgrade housing, infrastructure, sanitation and schools