Afghanistan - it has a
500 years old history, basically an Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. It is mountain land locked country surrounded by South Asia and Central Asia. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately
32 million, making it the 42nd most
populous country in the world.
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Future of women of the Afghanistan
is very uncertain. If we trust on a data available on http://www.trustineducation.org/
Many women die in pregnancy and childbirth: 460
deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
85% of women have
no formal education and are illiterate.
Female 3rd level students as a % of
Total: 18.0%
Total live births per woman – average of 6
1 out 10
children die before their fifth birthday.
Life expectancy for
women is 51.
The only good news is that that
these statistics have substantially improved in the last few years.
Best example of the improved status
of women is an “Afghan Women’s cycling Team”.
Afghanistan Women’s cycling Team
was formed in 1986
Afghan Women’s Cycling Team was
originally formed in 1986, based in Kabul but was not together by Soviet and
then Taliban rule. In 2011, Abdul Sediq, then the coach of the Afghan National
Cycling Federation, encouraged his daughter to try the sport. He began to build
a women’s cycling team. Earlier this team had 10 women but now number has been
increased up to 40 women from Kabul.
To keep balance in religion and
freedom team members do not wear standard cycling kit of tight-fitting spandex
and wear pants, loose-fitting shirts, and hijabs beneath their helmets. This
helps them to get unwanted attention during training rides.
These women are among the first to
ride bikes in Afghanistan.
“This is about inspiring the next
generation of girls in Afghanistan to follow their dreams, fight for equality,
and gain independent mobility,” says Galpin, who volunteered as a coach back in
2012 and has helped connect the team with
American cycling companies willing
to donate gear to the team.
Team participated in Asian Cycling
Championships in Delhi, India and became the first Afghanistan women’s team to
participate on the international level in 2013.
The team is very hopeful for the
coming year; the women plan to participate in a series of training camps in
U.S. and community events at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. It will help to
observe the cycling events before heading to Rio De Janeiro in 2016 Summer
Olympics.
A feature-length documentary, Afghan Cycles, set to
be released in 2016, It tells the story of the team and its women, providing
the full detail of the team growth.
Afghanistan’s National Women’s
Cycling Team has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by members of the
Italian parliament, according to Total Women’s Cycling.
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