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Highlights
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In 2022, Afghanistan remained one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Already strained by decades of conflict and natural disasters, and distanced from the global community, the situation nationwide deteriorated in 2022.
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Physical access improved to some of the most remote and rural areas, but bureaucratic impediments, threats, and intimidation of humanitarian workers including detentions and restrictions on female humanitarian workers increasingly hindered UNICEF's ability to deliver critical services.
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Violations of women's and girls' fundamental rights sharply increased from denying girls access to secondary school, to barring women from walking in parks, and banning women NGO workers.
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UNICEF prioritized life-saving activities in underserved areas with multiple needs throughout 2022, including WASH, health, nutrition, education, and child protection, as well as cash-based assistance to respond to sudden onset disasters and help families meet their basic needs.
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In 2022, with UNICEF support, more than 18 million people accessed primary healthcare and 662,866 children under five received life-saving treatment for severe wasting. More than 556,000 children (55% girls) accessed education through community-based education classes, while over 9 million people received child protection services.
Funding Overview and Partnerships
The 2022 UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) appeal for US$ 2 billion was the largest singlecountry appeal in the history of the organization. Thanks to generous contributions from partners, the appeal was funded at around 49 per cent by the end of 2022. This includes flexible emergency funding from both public and private partners, which allowed UNICEF to continuously respond to rising and sudden needs. UNICEF is grateful to the Governments of Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, the European Union (International Partnerships and Humanitarian Aid), the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the State of Kuwait, as well as the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund, the Education Cannot Wait Fund, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents Multi-Donor Trust Fund, the Global Partnership for Education, and UNICEF’s extensive family of National Committees for contributions received throughout the year, and some granted in 2021 that continued to support implementation in 2022. UNICEF deeply appreciates the continued commitment by donors to support the response in Afghanistan. Going into 2023, with humanitarian needs continuing to remain high, such donor commitment would be crucial to alleviate acute suffering and preventable deaths.