Description:
Zainab Germal, 19 year old, stands up to answer her teachers questio in a classroom at the Akad primary school in the village of Al-Alyaa 40 km north the southern city of Basra. They are participating in a initiative to help educate older girls who have dropped out or not had an opportunity to attend school previously..Additional Info:.Until January 2003, the situation of children and women in Iraq remains critical. One million children under five in southern and central Iraq continue to suffer from chronic malnutrition. Some 60 per cent of the entire population depend on monthly Government food rations, making them extremely vulnerable to any disruption in these supplies in the event of conflict. Widespread poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the result of years of conflict and 12 years of international economic sanctions, have affected all sectors, including massive deterioration of the country's water and sanitation systems.
Credits:
Shehzad - (Pakistan) Noorani/Majority World
Description:
Zainab Germal, 19 year old, stands up to answer her teachers questio in a classroom at the Akad primary school in the village of Al-Alyaa 40 km north the southern city of Basra. They are participating in a initiative to help educate older girls who have dropped out or not had an opportunity to attend school previously..Additional Info:.Until January 2003, the situation of children and women in Iraq remains critical. One million children under five in southern and central Iraq continue to suffer from chronic malnutrition. Some 60 per cent of the entire population depend on monthly Government food rations, making them extremely vulnerable to any disruption in these supplies in the event of conflict. Widespread poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the result of years of conflict and 12 years of international economic sanctions, have affected all sectors, including massive deterioration of the country's water and sanitation systems.
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Author:
Shehzad Noorani
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Zainab Germal, 19 year old, stands up to answer her teacher’s questio in a classroom at the Akad primary school in the village of Al-Alyaa 40 km north the southern city of Basra. They are participating in a initiative to help educate older girls who have