Afghan Throw

I haven't written anything on this blog in several months, but am compelled to post a link to an essay (which maybe 2 years old, I don't know, its source seems to be) on the current plight of the women of Afghanistan.

According to the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), a project the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

Every 30 minutes, an Afghan woman dies during childbirth
87 percent of Afghan women are illiterate
30 percent of girls have access to education in Afghanistan
1 in every 3 Afghan women experience physical, psychological or sexual violence
44 years is the average life expectancy rate for women in Afghanistan
70 to 80 percent of women face forced marriages in Afghanistan

What's worse is that these are considered improvements...