The International Organization for the Protection of Children (IOCH) said in a recent report that the number of malnourished children has increased in the six months of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, with 18 per cent of families sending their children to work due to economic hardship.
Afghan-based social activists say the country’s economic crisis has forced children to work, depriving them of their right to education and exposing them to abuse in the markets and workplaces. It has a detrimental effect on the overall life of the community.
The Save the Children report by the International Organization for the Protection of Children estimates that more than one million children are working in Afghanistan and that the number of households borrowing money from others for their food has increased.
According to a report by the International Organization for the Protection of Children, one in three families in Afghanistan has lost all of their income since August and no one is employed.
Javed Karimi, a social activist based in Afghanistan, told VOA that due to the economic crisis in the country following the political upheaval, most people could not afford to buy food and other necessities for their families. He also sends his child to work.
He said there are commodities in the markets but people could not afford to buy them because unemployment was high and prices were high and people could not afford to buy.
Save the Children said they had surveyed 1,400 households in seven provinces of Afghanistan and found that since the fall of the previous government, 82 percent of Afghans had lost their income and now had no choice. Without sending their children to work.
Jalalabad-based human and children’s rights activist Omid Hairan, and Ideo says that by engaging in child labor at an early age, they could also be involved in abuses that could have a detrimental effect on society. Total life becomes.
He says that unfortunate children are engaged in brick kilns and workshops and other hard work and their bodies cannot bear to do such hard work.
