AFGHAN REFUGEES

Name: Dost Muhammad khan (22195)

Presented to Ma'am: Fatima Yamin
26-7-2017
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Afghanistan is bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, on
the extreme northeast by China, on the east and south by Pakistan, and by Iran on the
west.
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Origin : Afghanistan

Afghan refugees are nationals of Afghanistan who left their country as a result of major
wars or persecution.
The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan marks the first wave of internal displacement and
refugee flow from Afghanistan to neighbouring Pakistan and Iran that began providing shelter
to Afghan refugees.
When the Soviet war ended in 1989, these refugees started to return to their homeland. In April
1992, a major civil war began after the mujahedeen took over control of Kabul and the
other major cities. Afghans again fled to neighbouring countries
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Host country: Pakistan
Pakistan has been home to over a million refugees for 40 years.
1.3 million officially registered Afghan refugees were reported to be living in Pakistan
in addition to approximately 1 million more unregistered refugees.
Recently however, due to security concerns as well as increasing political tensions
between Pakistan and Afghanistan, there has been an influx of refugees returning to
Afghanistan Pakistan initially allowed Afghan refugees legal refugee status until
December 31 of 2016, after which they would be required to leave or be deported,
however in September the deadline of their return was extended until March 31, 2017.

Source: UNHCR
ROUTE MAP TORKHAM AND CHAMAN
SERVICES
Hosting a sizeable number of Afghan Refugees that is more than 3 million for a long
period of about four decades reflects Pakistans goodwill gesture towards a brotherly
country Afghanistan.
Pakistan has so far spent approximately, over US dollars 100 billion on provision of
facilities to the Afghan Refugees that encompass health, education, shelter and food.
Henceforth, Pakistan has produced thousands of doctors, engineers, lawyers and
skilled workers from amongst Afghan Refugees.
thousands of people got the technical, professional and skilled education and were
delivering their services back in Afghanistan and playing role in the development of
the country.
Pakistan allowed them to mix with local population.
Pakistan has provided space to Afghan refugees in residential areas. They were also
provided with shelter, food, health, education, business opportunities, and access to
other amenities of life.
Pakistan providing scholarship for afghan students.
EDUCATION PROBLEM TO AFGHAN
REFUGES
In Pakistan, some 80 per cent of the school age Afghan refugee population is
currently out of school.
Resulting in extremely low literacy among Afghan refugees.
Only an estimated 33 per cent of Afghan refugees in Pakistan are able to read and
write.
Literacy among women and girl refugees is even lower at approximately 7.6 per cent
BARRIERS TO EDUCATION FOR AFGHAN REFUGEE WOMEN
AND GIRLS, AND THE RISKS OF LIMITED ACCESS

While education and training options are available to Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Afghan refugee women
and girls face substantial challenges in terms of access, particularly to secondary level schooling.
Sociocultural restrictions on mobility and rights, institutional barriers related to facilities and culturally
appropriate environments, as well as poverty, all limit girls access to primary, secondary education.
Socio cultural barriers
Institutional barriers
Economic barriers
SOCIO CULTURAL BARRIERS

While many Afghan refugee families speak convincingly of the benefits of education
for their sons, they often do not see the same benefit in sending their girl children to
school.
Entrenched gender roles within often very conservative .Afghan refugee communities
have created an environment where girls are expected to remain at home to carry out
domestic and child rearing responsibilities.
Child marriage often cited as major barriers to the continuation of education for
Afghan refugee girls, particularly to secondary level.
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS
Sociocultural obstacles are further compounded by the shortage of female teachers
within the Afghan community as well as in Pakistani public schools, particularly at
higher grade levels. Girl student who want to further their education often face a
major roadblock
The lack of gender -friendly schools for girls creates further barriers. Inadequate or
non-existent bathrooms, absence of drinking water and the need for perimeter walls
or viable transport options, make parents hesitant or unwilling to send their
daughters to school.
ECONOMIC BARRIERS
For many Afghan refugee families, education is economically out of reach.
The price of uniforms, materials, books, and transport to and from school are simply
too costly.
Poverty restricts some Afghan refugee girls from entering education at primary level.
The impact is most profound at secondary level, when related expenses increase.
Struggling under the weight of extreme poverty and influenced by the deeply
entrenched gender roles, some families will Choose to spend what money they have
to educate their boys instead of the girls
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
Skills and vocational training is a key solution to allow Afghan refugees the
opportunity to sustainably support themselves and their families within their host
Communities as well as upon return to Afghanistan.
Training in vocational skills, from tailoring to masonry, plumbing and computers, has
proven extremely effective, particularly for women and girls.
Training provides better earning opportunities, increases women and girls mobility,
and empowers female refugees within their homes and their communities.
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