"According to UNICEF, only 66% of women in Afghanistan currently give birth with skilled personnel present. Maternal mortality in 2024 reached 638 deaths per 100,000 live births, and neonatal mortality reached 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, figures among the highest in the world."
"The cumulative effect of these policies has been to deliberately design and implement a system that denies essential healthcare to women and girls, summarized the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett."
"These are regressive measures that cannot be justified by either a lack of resources or cultural reasons, he insisted. Most of the injustices and abuses that underpin Bennett's report have never made the news."
Mariam, a midwifery graduate, has been unable to practice due to Taliban edicts, despite a critical need for midwives in Afghanistan. UNICEF reports that only 66% of women give birth with skilled personnel. Maternal mortality reached 638 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, while neonatal mortality was 24 deaths per 1,000 live births, among the highest globally. The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan highlighted that these restrictions are designed to deny essential healthcare to women and girls, with many injustices going unreported.
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