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Afghanistan’s foreign donors asked to prioritize funding for education, health and independent media

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Afghanistan’s foreign donors meeting in Geneva, beginning November 23, 2020, should prioritize funding for education and health, especially for girls and women, and for independent media, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The pledging conference will discuss funding commitments at a critical time, as the armed conflict and the Covid-19 pandemic have exacerbated Afghanistan’s already precarious humanitarian situation.

Foreign donors are generally expected to announce a reduction in financial assistance to Afghanistan at the conference. They have also imposed new conditions designed to curb corruption that, if poorly implemented, may make accessing funds for legitimate projects more difficult. Donors concerned with fighting corruption should not use broad restrictions on funding to compel reform, but rather focus on the lack of accountability by government officials who engage in abusive and corrupt behavior, Human Rights Watch said.

“The Geneva Conference is a crucial opportunity to protect gains in human rights that have allowed ordinary Afghans, in particular women and girls, to enjoy greater freedoms and better education and health,” said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Talks toward ending the conflict don’t make this the time for donors to reduce funding for Afghanistan’s most vulnerable communities. Afghanistan’s future – hopefully a peaceful and rights-respecting one – depends on having an educated and healthy population.”

Since 2002, donor support has provided greater access to education for millions of Afghan children and has contributed to growing acceptance in many parts of the country that girls have the right to study. Organizations that support “community-based education” classes – schools located in students’ communities, often in homes – have been particularly successful in enabling girls, children with disabilities, and children from displaced families to study in areas where because of insecurity, distance, family resistance, or community pressure, they were unable to attend government schools.

In many Taliban-held districts, nongovernmental organizations operating community-based education programs have been able to provide education, particularly for girls, where no other schools were available. While pressing the government to address corruption in teacher recruitment and to make public schools accessible to all, donors should make a firm commitment to continuing at least their current level of support for girls’ education, and for expanding and sustaining community-based education programs.

Donors should also press the Afghan government and Taliban to end abuses by their security forces, including deliberate or indiscriminate attacks on schools that violate the laws of war. Military use of schools by both sides contravenes the Safe Schools Declaration, which Afghanistan endorsed in May 2015. Such actions have contributed to insecurity and civilian loss of life, driving countless children – mostly girls – out of school.

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