Children in Iran and Iraq

Brittany DushmanSocial Studies p.9

Child Abuse in Iran and Iraq

•Child abuse often doesn’t get reported

•Physical, sexual, and mental abuse

•90% of cases take place at home

•Lashings

•Burns

•Child labor

FACT

• 1% reported by police• 10% by relatives• 9% by government• 5% by schools

Children's’ Upbringing

Girls Boys•Taught weakening thoughts

•Taught to become house wives

•Work for their mother often

•Taught thoughts of authority

•Work for father often

•Inherit full religion of father

Domestic Unit•Older children often take care of younger children

•Siblings often have strong bonds

•Older children have the right to punish younger children

•Not illegal to marry siblings or cousins

•Children’s behavior often has to do with their families reputation

•Fathers become more strict once children hit puberty

Child Care•Expected to be breast fed

•Children of a marriage belong to the father after a divorce

•Women often give up their money for their children

•Women cannot get remarried after a divorce

Private and Public Education•Students are taught religion in private, and some public schools•Teachers must pass a religious test at some time•Taught that the main purpose of a woman is to work around the house•Study math, reading, writing, and sometimes religion•More education leads to less of a chance of children getting married•Often taught memorization skills

Grading Systems in Iraq and Iran

•Based on a 1 – 20 scale

• A = 17 – 20• B = 14 – 16.9• C = 12 – 13.9• D = 10 – 11.9

•Average scale of 10 to get to the next grade

Girls school in Iran

Education Cycles Iran and Iraq

Primary Education•5 years•Grades 1 – 5•6 – 11 year olds

Middle Cycle•Grades 6 – 8•11 – 13 year olds

Secondary Education•Grades 9 – 12•Ages 14 - 17

Primary students walking home from school

Three girls walking to school in their uniforms

Forced Marriage in Iran and Iraq

•Forced to get married•Almost all girls married by the age of 16•Get married to older men •Men have the right to punish their wives if they do not obey•Women belong to the men

A teen mother holding her baby

A teenager with her husband

Consequences of forced marriage•Child brides have double pregnancy death rate•Lack of education•Lifetime poverty•Obesity •Higher risk of murder•Threatens a child’s human rights

A girl that got married at an early age and had children. This caused poverty to her family

A mother and her children living on the streets

Change Over Time• Bigger population of children living in poverty

•Children getting mistreated and abused

•More children who are doing bad in school

•More teenage pregnancies from arranged marriages

Average day of a child•Go to school

•Do chores

•Practice their religion

•Homework

•Play games

Biggest Problem and How it affects the world

Biggest Problem How it affects the world

•Children getting their rights and humanity taken away

•Children being homeless and living in poverty

•Children not getting the right education

•Shows us how other countries live and how children are treated

•Lets us appreciate what we have

•Shows us how we can help, and what we can do to prevent childhood problems

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References

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