Afghanistan (Global governance)

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  • basic facts Afghanistan
    HDI = 0.468, ranked 169th out of 187, IMR is 117 per 1000, before 2001 the Taliban controlled 90% of the country
  • Taliban
    won't stop violating human rights until foreign troops like the USA leave, this is causing kidnapping, issues with food security, casualties, domestice violence to women and attacks of journalists (freedom of expression)
  • what three strategies for global governance are there
    afghan aid, the UN, afghan government
  • afghan aid
    an NGO, aiming to increase rural sustainable development (in gohr) by providing education, support for natural disasters, working with women and clean water. in gohr, people lived in poverty and were selling their daughters, now donor funding has transformed lives.
  • UN in afghanistan

    UN assisstance mission in afghanistan (UNAMA) interacts with NGOs and afghan government to improve rights. its aims include, ensuring everyone has access to their rights, promoting accountability, and promoting respect for laws
  • afghan government
    has joined economic cooperation organisation in order to increase growth, and has passed laws such as the elimination of violence against women.
  • what are the consequences for global governance in afghanistan
    MMR has halved, 50% more access to healthcare, lofe expectanct has increased from 55 to 61, from 1 million to 6 million in school. (global governance was so effective because people got to choose what they needed)