EXAMINING GEN-DER INEQUALITIES

GEOGRAPHY H

09-23-11

Riana Matera – Shelly Kim – SeoYeon Choi

COUNTRIES

Best Worst

Iceland

The United States

Canada

Australia

Sweden

Afghanistan

Somalia

Iraq

Nepal

Sudan

GNP

Australia

GNP

Afghanistan

CULTURE

Australia Afghanistan

Countries diversity

Religious Freedom

Respect

Islamic Country

Ethnic Relations

Marriage

STATUS

Australia Afghanistan

Child Care

Women’s Voice

Preventing Violence

Taliban Control

Restriction: no ac-cess

Public discrimina-tion

EDUCATION

Australia Afghanistan

54.8% - Tertiary

47.5% - vocational ed-ucation and training courses

12.6% - literate

Religion X

BIRTH RATIOS

Australia (2010) Afghanistan (2010)

HEALTH

Australia Afghanistan

Maternal death rate- 95 reported in 2000-2002 Maternal death rate-

6000 per 10000 women

EMPOWERMENT

Australia Afghanistan

EMPLOYMENT

Australia Afghanistan

49/100 (CIA world fact book)

5.3% unemployment rate for men

5.3% unemployment rate for women

Australian Bureau of Statistics

180/199 (CIA world fact book

Overall 40% unemployed (CIA world fact book) most of the 40% are women

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Australia

LIFE EXPECTANCY

Afghanistan

FAMILY SIZE

Australia Afghanistan

3.1 per household

1.8 births per woman

7.4 per household

5.8 births per woman

MIGRATION

Australia Afghanistan

Net Migration Rata: 6.03 migrants/1,000

Net Migration Rate: 3.31 migrants/1,000

LEGAL RIGHTS

Australia Afghanistan

Democratic Rights

Fair Treatment

Human Rights

Seats in Govern-ment

Taliban Rule (1996-2001)

Rural Areas = Few Rights

FACTS Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies

during childbirth 87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate 30 percent of women have access to ed-

ucation in Afghanistan 1 in every 3 Afghan women experience

physical, psychological or sexual violence 44 years is the average life expectancy

rate for women in Afghanistan 70 to 80 percent of women face forced

marriages in Afghanistan

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