{"id":9999,"date":"2022-05-09T11:35:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:35:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:35:28","slug":"sigar-says-900000-people-will-lose-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/05\/sigar-says-900000-people-will-lose-their-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGAR says 900,000 people will lose their jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has said that by the middle of this year, 900,000 people in Afghanistan will lose their jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It said in a series of tweets on Tuesday that according to the most recent assessment by the <\/span>UN<\/span>\u2019s International Labor Organization, over 500,000 <\/span>Afghan<\/span> workers lost employment in third quarter of 2021 and by mid-2022, total job losses since Taliban takeover projected to reach between 700,000\u2014900,000.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Afghan<\/span> women are particularly impacted, with female employment levels projected to decrease by 21% by mid-2022″, it tweeted. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The rise to power of the Islamic Emirate in August 2021 has reportedly increased the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to 24.4 million, it said earlier this month. SIGAR has said that the severe drought and the effects of the Ukraine war on food and fuel prices will worsen the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan so now 70% of families are not able to meet their basic food needs in Afghanistan.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to the State Department\u2019s Humanitarian Information Unit, \u201csince the Taliban takeover in August 2021, humanitarian conditions have deteriorated with over 24.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan\u2014an increase from 18.4 million in 2021. An estimated 22.8 million people need emergency food assistance\u2014more than doubling the March\u2013May 2021 projections. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) increased from 670,000 in early August 2021 to 710,000 by the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the coming six months, humanitarian organizations project increases in severe food insecurity, drought, waterborne disease outbreaks, and a marked deterioration of conditions in urban areas. The onset of spring traditionally brings relief from food shortages; however, with Afghanistan in the grips of the worst drought in three decades, below average winter precipitation means the spring harvest is unlikely to improve food security for vulnerable families.<\/p>\n

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