Afghanistan and Iraq Children By: Brit Wittes Period: 9.

Afghanistan and Iraq Children

By: Brit Wittes

Period: 9

Child Labor 30% engaged in child labor and the girls are easier to influence The UNICEF puts many children in public schools and gives chance to get

a good education Child labor is a growing issue in Afghanistan and it makes children and

their families more at risk Child labor started because of poverty and socioeconomic inequality Child labor is when they bring illegal items across the border and it’s hard

not to get caught smuggling these items in but if they are the border police are very physical with them for smuggling flour

Some kids dream of becoming teachers to give their students a good education because they never got a good education

Working Children and UNICEF Kids that worked under child labor laws are the kids that the UNICEF give

a lot of attention to They have people to help children that aren’t in schools to get into a school

to get an education whether its in a public, private, or a protection school on the UNICEF base

Over 160,000 kids are in UNICEF schools to help learn and educate them UNICEF put many children into public schools and give chances for a

good education if they want to learn and they all want to They help children that want to learn and they got better grades in school

than children that are in school because they have to be in school and they don’t want to be there

The children in the middle east do better because they want to learn because they don’t have it and we take it for granite

Children and their families Employed for trade between countries Children are supposed to do housework unpaid their families are in need of working children to help support their

family They are trying to stop families from sending kids to work no matter

where it is along the border or anywhere else They beg, work car washes, and polish shoes to get extra money for

their families

Afghanistan 300,000 to 400,000 children killed (died out of 20 million the total

population) Also have been killed out of hunger and diseases The (recent) draught made it so much harder on the children to survive 250,000 children died every year because of not having enough nutrition

Afghanistan Landmines The children then are treated with extreme care most don’t make it even with the special treatment most of the time About every 3 hours a kids is blown up and more landmines are then

planted most people that get killed are kids in land mines

Afghan babies die More then ¼ of the babies don’t see their 5th birthday More than ¼ of 1 million children under 5 die every year Most caught in wars and mines Also lose their parents because they get killed in wars in mines too

Iraq Parents Parents want their children to stay home Don’t want the children to go to school cause don’t want them to get

killed on the way to school or in school The students like school and would rather be there than at home They don’t really get why they are being taken out of

school and what is so bad that is keeping them from learning Parents forbid the children from going outside now and are too

nervous about their kids getting killed on the streets Don’t let children go back until things get better at the schools and the

parents don’t think that’s going to happen for a long time and are worried that their children could even get killed at home

Iraq Students Some live in improvised camps

22% of the student population in Iraq aren’t going to school

74% of the students that don’t attend school are female

26% are male

The Iraq parents don’t send their daughters to school because of cultural reasons

Lots of the students don’t go to the schools anymore because they either left the country with parents or stay at home for safety reasons

Afghanistan and Iraq War is affecting the children the most They have been killed which has started wars over rights Thousands of kids killed during wars They are the two countries that have had the most kids killed at war Street children don’t have homes or any shelter most stay with

relatives or in an abandoned house

Education/ Schools The schools are so bad and could be destroyed by bombing or just fall down

because it’s not stable They can also lose teachers because the teachers don’t want to get killed so

they leave which means that they have a shortage of teachers To educate the children that can’t pay for school have their friends help them

learn or they help each other by telling each other what they know Government closed the Afghan schools They are debating if children are going to ever be learning in those schools

ever again Education is the only good thing left in children's lives

Education/ Schools Education is way beyond reach sometimes in countries Mostly ethnic girls are at risk and the Save the Children’s Education is

trying to help them as much as the possibly can They need to learn and it will help them when their older Learning is a very high aspect of the children They have better scores on the exams for government testing then

children in regular government schools

Child Marriages It’s hard for the kids to say no to marriage when they don’t have

support from their families Girls get married between the ages of 7-11 Very rare to get to the age of 16 and not be married Believed that 60-80% of the marriages are forced In Egypt the age is 16 years old and in India and Ethiopia the age is

18, these laws are usually ignored In England and the US illegal marriages are happening

Child Marriages Awareness of forced marriages Sexual abuse is increasing and this is killing basic human rights They then lack education, health, more abuse, and more isolated May threaten children’s rights Should have age limit of 18 to get married no matter where you live

Religion It is very important for them to keep their religious beliefs Part of their religion is child marriages Also not going to school is a big part of their religion They have to wear--- because they can’t show any part of their bodies They get beaten if they are showing any part of their body outside of

their homes

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