Nargis Sadat, a human rights activist, says that banning education for girls above the sixth grade is not only depriving a generation of the right to learn, but also systematically excluding them from participating in Afghanistan’s cultural, social, ...
The United Nations, in response to the continued closure of schools for girls above sixth grade in Afghanistan, has said that every girl, without exception, deserves safety, opportunity, and the hope that comes with education.In a post shared ...
A number of women from Afghanistan and Spain held a protest gathering today (Thursday, March 26) in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, in response to the continued ban on girls’ education above the sixth grade in ...
Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, says that the ban on education and work for girls and women has weakened society and will have irreversible harms for the stability and progress of Afghanistan.Karzai, this afternoon (Wednesday, March 25), ...
Afghanistan Rights Watch, in a statement issued in response to the continued ban on education beyond sixth grade for girls, has called for collective action to reopen schools to girls.The organization today (Tuesday, March 24) urged all national ...
“To endure, I keep dreaming, hoping that one day everything will return and, like before, we will regain our right to education and work.” This is said by Farishta Hosseini from Herat, a girl who was in the ...
The Women’s Freedom and Thought Foundation of Afghanistan, in a statement marking the start of the new academic year, has said that depriving girls of their right to education constitutes a clear violation of the principles of equality, ...
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