![]() ![]() The family may also need a child who can move around more, who can work or run errands for the family, or escort sisters. ![]() Photograph: Adam Ferguson, courtesy of The Guardian.Īccording to Afghan teachers, midwives and doctors, it is “not uncommon” to find a bacha posh in each school or extended family, because it is easier to have access to an education in the most conservative areas, where few girls are able to go to school. This is a photo of Mehran Rafaat, a girl disguised as a boy, with her twin sisters outside their family home in Afghanistan. ![]() They are known as bacha posh – the literal term translated from Dari for a girl “dressed like a boy” in Afghanistan. Given such harsh gender segregation, many families are bringing up their daughters as sons. The average life expectancy of a woman is 44 years. According to a 2014 UN report, Afghanistan is the worst country in the world to be born a girl. ![]()
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