{"id":20557,"date":"2022-01-28T19:24:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidos.local\/?post_type=project&p=20557"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T12:50:19","slug":"afghanistan-addressing-food-and-hygiene-urgent-needs-of-afghan-women-and-girls","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/aidos.it\/en\/project\/afghanistan-addressing-food-and-hygiene-urgent-needs-of-afghan-women-and-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"AFGHANISTAN – Addressing food and hygiene urgent needs of Afghan women and girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

2022 \u2013 Nutrition \/ Gender equality<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

WHERE
\n<\/strong><\/span>Afghanistan, the three locations of Kabul, Takhar and Farah.<\/p>\n

PARTNER<\/strong><\/span>
\nLocal association<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Afghanistan is currently facing multiple crises: drought, the collapse of public services, a severe economic crisis and increasing food prices, conflict and COVID-19. The cost of food has increased by at least 50 percent and nearly 19 million people<\/strong> are in need of food assistance<\/strong>. When prices for basic necessities rise significantly, gender-based violence (GBV) increases\u2013\u2013including forced and early marriage\u2013\u2013and women and girls are at increased risk of exploitation. Furthermore, the healthcare system is collapsing, maternal health care is limited \u00a0and COVID-19 is rapidly spreading. More than 600,000<\/strong> Afghans<\/strong> have been displaced <\/strong>over the course of this year and 80 percent of them are women and children. According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC, October 2021), in some areas of the country, families depend on humanitarian assistance to survive the freezing winter months. Between November 2021 and March 2022 (the winter lean season), a further deterioration in food security is expected, with the number of people in crisis increasing to<\/strong> 22.8 million<\/strong>. (Afghan Women and Girls Under Immediate Threat: The Responsibility to Protect and Assist Is Just Beginning, October 2021, Refugees International).<\/em> Women and girls under the age of 25 years old amount at more than <\/strong>11 million<\/strong>\u2013\u2013almost one-third of the entire Afghan population. After the recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, they face unique challenges. The Taliban have already begun to erase the gains that Afghan women have made over the last 20 years: Co-education is not allowed, secondary-school age boys were instructed to return to school, but girls were not allowed to do the same. Women must stay home from their jobs. Moreover, the Taliban have already started to target women human rights defenders, journalists, politicians, judges, business owners, activists, and other women involved in public life who are now at risk. Women and girls in patriarchal societies also suffer the worst deprivation as more food\u00a0is allocated to the males of the household. Poverty and humanitarian crises can limit women\u2019s and girls\u2019 access to culturally appropriate, high-quality menstrual supplies<\/u> and safe,<\/u> private washing facilities<\/u>. Access to menstrual education and products to properly manage menstruation empowers Afghan girls and women who can continue their daily lives.<\/p>\n

GOALS
\n<\/strong><\/span>Respond to the food security and nutrition needs<\/strong> of Afghan families<\/u> with a focus on women and girls in the three locations of Kabul, Takhar and Farah.
\nMaintain women\u2019s and girls\u2019 adequate hygiene standards<\/u>. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BENEFICIAIRES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n