Afghan girls' voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign
Aug 15, 2023, at 11:46 pm
New York: The UN fund that ensures children can continue learning during emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), launched a campaign on Tuesday to elevate the voices of young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education.
Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls
Mar 31, 2023, at 06:40 pm
New York: The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, expressing alarm over ongoing arrests.
Mar 17, 2023, at 01:36 pm
As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school-aged girls must be allowed to go back to the classroom after an 18-month ban on their education, Save the Children said.
Afghanistan: Women students protest outside Kabul University as males return to classrooms
Mar 07, 2023, at 03:43 pm
Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new academic session which commenced on Monday.
Afghanistan: Taliban minister says people do not want their girls students to attend school
Sep 12, 2022, at 11:37 pm
Kabul: Taliban Education Minister Noorullah Munir has said people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.
Afghanistan: Taliban reverses decision to open school for girls, causes confusion
Mar 23, 2022, at 10:58 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan decided to shut down the school for girls in the country, on a day the institutes were scheduled to reopen, creating confusion, media reports said.
UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school
Sep 18, 2021, at 11:41 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, but stressed that girls must not be kept from the classroom.