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The 39-page report, “‘I Would Like Four Kids If We Stay Alive’: Women’s Access to Health Care in Afghanistan,” documents barriers to Afghan women and girls obtaining health care and the healthcare system’s deterioration due to declining international support. The drop in international donor funding has already had a harmful and life-threatening impact on the lives of many women and girls, as it affects access to and quality of health care.
“International donors are locked in a waiting game to see whether the withdrawal of foreign troops will result in the Taliban gaining greater control of the country,” said Heather Barr, interim co-director of women’s rights at Human Rights Watch. “But this is no excuse for cutting funds for essential services that aid groups have managed to deliver in insecure and Taliban-controlled areas.”
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that falling international donor support to Afghanistan has reduced women s access to essential health care, and that it expects further cuts in the coming months as foreign forces prepare to withdraw from the country.
In a report published on May 6, the New York-based human rights watchdog outlines the barriers Afghan females face in trying to obtain health care, as well as the health-care system s deterioration due to falling support from international donors.
The drop in funding has already had a harmful and life-threatening impact on the lives of many women and girls, as it affects access to and quality of health care, it said.