Background

Full name: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Population: 29.1 million (UN, 2010)
Capital and largest city: Kabul
Area: 652,225 sq km (251,773 sq miles)
Major languages: Dari, Pashto
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 45 years (men), 45 years (women) (UN)
Cultural facts: Shaking hands with men is a taboo and talking directly about women’s rights could be punishable by death.

Afghanistan’s literacy rate is very low compared to other countries. In Afghanistan, only 23.5 percent of the population above 15 years old is literate, while the rate for women is even worse at 12.6 percent. At 36 percent, Afghanistan’s girls in primary schools is low compared with 90.4 percent in Iran, 67 percent in Saudi Arabia, and 62 percent in Pakistan. Up from 31 percent in 2008 to 35 percent in 2009, unemployment is cited as the second biggest problem Afghan women face. A separate study indicated that only a quarter of government positions are occupied by women. Many factors contribute to unemployment, such as low literacy rates and professional skills among women. All of this problems just make the women prostitute themselves. You may ask yourself: But why they do that? Really, there is no other way to survive. Women and kids destroy their life to get money. Prostituion is the "way out" of starvation and misery.