Women in Afghanistan face significant challenges to equality and basic rights. They have low literacy rates, often marry young, work for lower pay than men, and make up only a third of the country's students. Girls' education faces security issues as schools are targeted by attacks. Hundreds of Afghan women have committed suicide due to domestic abuse and lack of divorce rights. For women to truly enjoy freedom, Afghanistan must address pervasive violence and support women's rights through education.
4. Six million children in Afghanistan are in school… But only one third of them are girls. Some girls get to go to school while others have to stay at home and help around the house. Girls are not required to go to school.
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7. When the entire nation is living under the shadow of guns and war, how can women enjoy their basic freedom?
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