Abstract
Afghan women and access to health care in the past 25 years.
Highlights
Before this latest upheaval, women in Afghanistan were already facing great challenges in meeting their reproductive and sexual health needs
Despite advances in gender equality over the past two decades post-Taliban regime, according to the 2020 Human Development Index, Afghanistan ranked 169th in terms of gender inequality, with reproductive health, women's empowerment, and economic activity reflecting high levels of gender inequality
The position of women in Afghanistan has changed substantially throughout the country’s history; women have been deprived of their basic rights, as well as access to education, health care, and employment.[2]
Summary
Women in Afghanistan were already facing great challenges in meeting their reproductive and sexual health needs. Afghanistan Analysts Network reported in 2019 that health care across the country was generally poor.[8] In a study conducted in 2018 on evolving public perceptions,[9] when asked to name the biggest problems facing women in their local area, respondents most frequently cited illiteracy and lack of educational opportunities, followed by limits on women’s rights that reduce their public participation and access to justice. Other challenges mentioned were the lack of employment opportunities and violence against women—predominantly domestic.
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