Promoting higher education, AFAW will give an Afghan woman a scholarship for medical school.
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With the high abuse rate for women in this area, and the minimal medical care, AFAW with conduct human rights counseling.
Population: 2.5 million
- Women literary rate: 1-5%
- 90% of women are abused, beaten and seriously injured.
- Every 28 minutes an Afghan woman dies while giving birth. 452 women a year in Kandahar & 672 in Helmand.
- Women are forbidden to see male physicians.
- Many pregnant women receive little or no prenatal healthcare.
- Average mortality age is 42 years old.
source: unicef.org, ciminweb.org
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Your donations have tremendous impact on the lives of Southern Afghan Women. Start here by helping us take action for the enrichment of Afghan Women's lives.
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Medical Care
Qualified women from the region of Kandahar and Helmand will be sent to medical school internationally,
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Empowering Afghan Women for a Better Future