How To Help Afghan Child Brides?

The rescue of a 9-year-old child bride in Afghanistan has raised concerns about child marriage in the country. The organization, Too Young to Wed, works to alleviate hunger that stalks almost 90% of Afghan girls. Child marriage can lead to a lifetime of suffering, as girls who marry before they turn 18 are less likely to remain in school and more likely to experience domestic violence, discrimination, abuse, and poor mental health.

Recent reports suggest an increase in child selling and marriages spurred by a deepening humanitarian crisis following the Taliban. Afghanistan will work to ensure the legal minimum age for girls and boys is 18, and will also make access to legal action for child brides more available. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry.

Girls Not Brides is a diverse network of civil society organizations working to end child marriage around the world. They are working to alleviate the hunger that stalks almost 90% of Afghan girls and fight for all girls to achieve their full potential. Communities can help refugees by introducing them to the customs of their new culture, such as food and manners.

Are child brides legal in Afghanistan?

In Afghanistan, boys and girls are treated differently. Afghanistan’s Civil Code and Shiite Personal Status Law say girls can get married at 16 and boys at 18. A girl under 16 can be married with her father’s or a judge’s permission.This law applies to both Sunnis and Shias. In Afghanistan, Muslim marriages are different for Sunnis and Shias. For Sunnis, Article 1 of the Civil Code governs marriage. For Shias, Article 2 of the Shiite Personal Status Law governs marriage. Sharia law and customary law are the same.

Marriage below the minimum legal age is allowed in both religious groups.

How can I help Afghans?

More videos on YouTube. Donate. Help Afghan families settle in. VOLUNTEER. Sponsor a family arriving in your community. Ask Congress to help communities welcome refugees. Find resources and stay updated. After Kabul fell and Afghans left, about 75,000 Afghans came to the United States to rebuild their lives. They are escaping the Taliban and want to live safely. We can help them. CWS is one of the main organizations welcoming and helping newly arrived Afghans. We have worked with Afghans for decades. But today we are facing a lot of new arrivals. Our network is ready to help these families with housing, legal help, case management, mental health, medical care, school enrollment, and community support. CWS staff are helping at military bases to process arrivals. We can’t do this alone. We need money, volunteers, and help from the community. We also need places to live, either temporarily or long-term. The needs are extraordinary. The generosity is growing as we stand together. Join us!

What country has the youngest brides?

Niger has the highest rate of child marriage in the world. In this West African country, more than three-quarters of girls under 18 were married. Nearly 30% of them were under 15. The Central African Republic, Chad, and Mali also had high rates, from 61 to 54 percent. This issue is common in many African countries. In many of these countries, girls can get married at a younger age than boys. In Niger and Chad, girls can marry at 15 and boys at 18. In Guinea, the legal age for marriage is 17 for girls and 18 for boys. Child marriage is often about money. Poor families marry their girls to get money for the wedding and to have fewer mouths to feed.

How can I help children in Afghanistan?

Help us reach more children affected by the crisis. Donate today to help children in Afghanistan. The first six months, donations will go towards supporting children in Afghanistan. After that, donations will support our work worldwide. If we raise more than we need, we will use the extra money to help children around the world.

How to help Afghan child refugees?

Save the Children has been in Afghanistan since 1976. We have been helping children since August 2021. Your donation to the Childrens Emergency Fund helps children in Afghanistan and around the world who are affected by war, disasters, hunger, and other issues.

1. What’s going on with Afghan refugees? Pakistan has announced that all undocumented foreigners must leave the country or face deportation. Hundreds of Afghan children are crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan every day with nowhere to live and no money for food.

How can I help those in Afghanistan?

Donate to help Afghan refugees and people in Afghanistan. Your donations will help us continue to provide aid for Afghanistan from the UK.

What is the charity for Afghan children?

UNICEF has been in Afghanistan for over 70 years.

Afghanistan is a difficult place for humanitarian organizations. There are more reasons to keep going. Millions of families struggle to get their children the health care and nutrition they need. With help from others, UNICEF is keeping the health system from collapsing and treating malnourished children. We’ve paid salaries and provided supplies for thousands of health workers, while keeping health facilities open. We also provide most of Afghanistan’s nutrition supplies, including multivitamin supplements, nutrition counseling, and monitoring services. In 2023, UNICEF helped almost half of Afghanistan’s population get health and nutrition support.

What is so special about the Afghan girl?

The portrait was called the First World’s Third World Mona Lisa because it looked like the 16th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Gulas image became emblematic as the refugee girl/woman in a distant camp that Western viewers should help. CNN called it the most famous photograph. Sharbat Gula was a student at an informal school in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in 1984. Her photo was taken by Steve McCurry on Kodachrome 64 slide film with a Nikon FM2 camera and Nikkor 105mm Ai-S F2.5 lens. Graphic Art Service in Marietta, Georgia did the pre-print retouching. McCurry didn’t record the person’s name. The photo, called Afghan Girl, was on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and her eyes staring directly into the camera, was named the most recognized photograph in the magazine’s history. The cover is one of National Geographic’s best-known. American Photo magazine says the image has an unusual combination of grittiness and glamour. Gulas’ green eyes have been the subject of much commentary.

What age do Afghan girls get married?

UNICEF says child marriage is when a girl or boy is married before they are 18. It affects more girls than boys. In Afghanistan, up to 57% of girls are married before they are 19. The most common ages for girls to get married are 15 and 16. Factors like gender, family structure, culture, politics, and economics all play a role in whether a girl is married at a young age. Child marriage hurts girls. They can’t get an education or work. They can also get hurt. Their bodies aren’t ready for childbirth. This hurts them and their babies. Afghan law on child marriage. Afghan Civil Law Article 40 says that marriage is a contract between a man and a woman to start a family. Article 70 says that girls can get married at 16 and boys at 18. Article 71 (subsection 1) says that girls can get married before they are 16 with their father or guardian’s permission. Marriages for minors under 15 are not allowed. Despite the Civil Law, regional customs and Sharia law take precedence. Civil law is not being followed, so child marriages still happen.

What is the charity for Afghan girls?

Chapter Impact. Malala Fund believes that progress requires action at multiple levels to achieve lasting impact for girls’ education. Afghan girls want world leaders to act and push the Taliban to let girls go to school. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls can’t go to school. Before the Taliban took over, 3.7 million children were out of school, most of them girls. Since then, the Taliban has banned 1.25 million Afghan girls from attending secondary school.

Over the past two decades, Afghan education activists helped millions more girls and women go to school. Now under Taliban rule, that progress is at risk. Today, Afghanistan is the only country in the world where half the population can’t go to school.

Our work in Afghanistan. Since 2017, Malala Fund has invested $1.9 million in local organizations to improve Afghan girls’ access to free, safe, quality education. Education Champions in Afghanistan helped address a shortage of female teachers by training and hiring more teachers.

How can I help Afghan girls?

Support Razias Ray of Hope Foundation, Women for Women International, and Emergency Funds for Afghan Artists. Find out how to help refugees in your area. Support Haringey Welcome.