Afghan Women's Education for Climate Resilience: "Educated Women Build Strong Communities."
| dc.contributor.author | Amini, Maryam | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-20T17:23:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-20T17:23:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As climate change threatens all living things around the world, research suggests that societies with higher levels of education have higher adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change. Considering Afghanistan’s adult literacy rates of 37.27% (combined men and women) male literacy rate of 52.06%, for females at 22.6% (Afghanistan - Literacy rate, 2023), puts the country at a higher risk and makes it one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change along other political and economic issues. In other words, if higher education translates to higher adaptive capacity during the climate change era, then Afghanistan is at a higher risk compared to many countries in the region. While the rest of the world is seeking to increase literacy rates and fight climate disasters at their full capacity, Afghanistan’s current government does not allow half of its citizens to get an education which could be a force to survival. Afghan women are forbidden to attend secondary school and higher education institutions. Activists from across the world have called upon the Taliban to end their education ban for women and girls, stating that education is a basic human right. This paper draws upon desk research and selected international evidence to show a connection between women’s education and a society's capacity for adapting to climate change and coping with climate crises. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/113455 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Afghan Women's Education for Climate Resilience: "Educated Women Build Strong Communities." | en_US |
| dc.type | dissertation or thesis | en_US |
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