Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
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Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
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The day the Taliban banned women like me from working: With my daughters’ education cancelled, I thought the regime had done its worst. Then a new message came ...
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Can the US force Taliban to lift ban on girls' education?: The United States has imposed sanctions on two Taliban ministers, Sheikh Mohammad Khalid Hanafi and ...
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Malala: 'The Taliban have made girlhood illegal': The keynote speaker of the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai ...
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Women's rights in Afghanistan: Hunger for education: In Afghanistan, women have not yet buried their dreams, despite the Taliban. Some are sewing ...
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Taliban's abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says
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An Opening in the Fight to Educate Afghan Girls | by Gordon Brown & Yasmine Sherif - Project Syndicate
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New school gives girls in Afghanistan access to education: Due to the oppression of the Taliban regime, girls in Afghanistan are denied access to education ...
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Afghan girls' education advocate is freed from Taliban prison: Matiullah Wesa was arrested and spent 215 days in prison. He has been outspoken in his demands for ...
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A New Generation of Women and Girls Defying Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: While international leaders neglect to take meaningful, coordinated action ...
thediplomat.com/2023/11/a-new-generation-of-women-and-girls-defying-gender-apartheid-in-afghanistan/
U.S. watchdog says the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through 'fraudulent' NGOs
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Taliban could be convinced to open girls’ schools, says Afghanistan ex-education minister
theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/29/taliban-could-be-convinced-to-open-girls-schools-says-afghanistan-ex-education-minister
Ditib: Whoever believes it: Ditib may not be able to do anything about a Taliban official's speech in one of their mosques. And yet it is long past time to show ...
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Women in Afghanistan: "The perfidious thing is that many men join in": They ran beauty salons, taught, studied. Since the Taliban came to power ...
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‘The school is like a light for me:’ The secret classrooms giving Afghan girls a chance to learn despite Taliban rules
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2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans
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Quick Glance: Taliban Intensify Crisis in Afghanistan with Girl Ban
- Afghanistan is the only country with restrictions on girls' education.
- The Taliban ban girls from school beyond sixth grade.
- The Taliban oppose women's participation in social and public activities and aim to keep them away from education.
- The school ban is not solely about girls' rights.
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Imran Deen Hamiri was tortured by the #Taliban for standing up for civil rights and girls’ education in #Afghanistan ... Show more
School in Afghanistan: Situation for girls is becoming increasingly difficult: Taliban ban classes for those over twelve. The Oststeinbek Afghanistan Schools ...
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Afghan activist Shabana Basij Rasikh: ‘My family sent me to a secret school dressed as a boy’
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Afghanistan's secret schools for girls defy Taliban ban: BERLIN -- In Kabul, a teacher runs a secret school posing as a religious learning center, or madrassa ...
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Quick Glance: Secret Schools in Afghanistan Defy Taliban Ban on Girls' Education
- Taliban only allows girls in Afghanistan to attend school until sixth grade.
Exclusive: Afghan women ask United Nations to restore right to education under Taliban rule
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Quick Glance: Afghan Women Demand UN to Restore Education Rights under Taliban Rule
- UN General Assembly to discuss rights of Afghan women and children
- Millions of Afghan girls affected by education ban
- Please restore our right to study and freedom to dream
- Taliban officially ban girls beyond sixth grade from attending schools
Afghanistan’s ban on education for girls isn’t just a step back – it’s a leap into the abyss
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The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don't plan to lift the ban on female education
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Afghan women escape for a chance at education: More than 450 women from Afghanistan have escaped the country to study abroad.
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Quick Glance: The Rise of Women's Football: Then, Now, Forever on Top
- To celebrate the final week of the Women's World Cup 2023, we have traced the evolution of women's football throughout the ages and highlighted the Guardian's ongoing dedication to covering the game.
UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education
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Quick Glance: UN envoy calls for prosecution of Afghan gender discrimination
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity and investigate it to prosecute those responsible.
- UN global education envoy Gordon Brown has urged ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to consider his arguments.
- Brown described this as the worst example of human rights abuse against girls and women worldwide and warned of the danger of others following suit.
- He urged Muslim-majority countries to send a delegation to Kandahar to convince Taliban leaders to lift the ban on girls' education and women's employment, as it has no basis in the Quran or Islamic religion.
The aftermath of Biden’s dishonorable Afghanistan exit is still unfolding: Like Vietnam, the consequences of Afghanistan are still reverberating today and will ...
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Ohne Bildung gibt es keine Veränderung: Seit die Taliban die Macht in Afghanistan zurück haben, werden Mädchen und Frauen von der Bildung ausgeschlossen – mit ...
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Neu-Ulm: Student gives online lessons for women in her home country of Afghanistan
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Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says
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Angelina Jolie urges support for jailed Afghan man who championed higher ed for girls
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'Nothing allowed for them': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal: UNITED NATIONS: Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to ...
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UN envoy urges ICC to prosecute Taliban's gender discrimination: The UN global education envoy highlighted the Taliban's widespread denial of basic ...
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Afghan women and girls are fighting back, and defying the Taliban government by continuing their education in secret.
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Gravitas: 20 years of progress for women erased in 2 years of Taliban rule: It's been two years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan and nearly twenty years ...
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The Taliban’s Gender Crimes Against Humanity | by Gordon Brown - Project Syndicate
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Why the Taliban can’t ignore girls’ education in the Muslim world: Eager for foreign recognition, the Islamic rulers in Afghanistan must pay visits to countries ...
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Quick Glance: Why the Taliban cannot disregard girls' education in the Muslim world
- In July, a Taliban delegation from Afghanistan quietly visited Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
- There, they may have witnessed why the rest of the world keeps the Taliban at a distance.
- Unlike the Taliban, Indonesia places great emphasis on educating girls, with girls outnumbering boys at the secondary level.
- Gaining official recognition from Indonesia is crucial for the Taliban's search for allies in the Muslim world.
Who is Matiullah Wesa? Angelina Jolie writes letter to support arrested activist: Afghanistani activist, Matiullah Wesa was arrested by Taliban and people from ...
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Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US
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Quick Glance: Scholarships Support Afghan Students in the US
- Many Afghan students are close to graduating from US schools and planning their future.
- To help Afghan students continue their education outside of their home country, colleges, universities, and other groups in the US have funded scholarships.
- Sultani is one of more than 60 Afghan women who arrived at ASU by December 2021 after fleeing Afghanistan. During the pandemic, she studied online at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh.
- Zeerak attended the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, while Saifnijat worked for a US-based technology company. Both started their studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey last fall.
Dad of Linda Norgrove says Afghanistan has 'few glimmers of hope' since Taliban rule
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Women in Afghanistan: They fear their knowledge: Educated women were the hope of Afghanistan. Now, according to the Taliban, they should no longer exist ...
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Afghanistan: UN Report Shows Increase in Restrictions on Afghan Women: No education, no work and little freedom: the Taliban continue to restrict the lives of ...
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As Afghan schools remain closed for girls, mental health crisis builds: Specialists at hospitals and health center report an increase in women and girls ...
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International Malala Day: 8 Interesting Facts about Malala Yousafzai: On this Malala Day, here are 8 interesting facts you must know about the world's youngest ...
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#InsideSouthAsia | The #Taliban 's morality enforcement machine is on overdrive. Women have borne the brunt of it - restrictions on their movement and education and more have ... Show more
Taliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in Afghanistan
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Taliban Tasers and turns hoses on Afghan women protesting beauty salon ban: The ban is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls ...
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The Taliban ban women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan: ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said ...
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Quick Glance: Taliban Ban Women's Beauty Salons in Afghanistan
- Government spokesman announces ban on women's beauty salons in Afghanistan.
- The ban applies to Kabul and all provinces, giving salons across the country one month to wind down their businesses.
- One salon owner shares that she is the sole breadwinner for her family after her husband died in a car bombing in 2017.
- Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous stint in power in the 1990s, the Taliban have imposed harsh measures since seizing Afghanistan in August 2021, including barring women from public spaces like parks and gyms and cracking down on media freedoms.
#WIONFineprint | Afghan interior minister makes tall claims over girls' education
Should the world trust #Taliban again?
Eric Njoka joined by journalist Lynne O'Donnell ... Show more
Afghan students in Central Asia set their sights on the US: When the Afghan government fell to the Taliban in 2021, hundreds of students continued their ...
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Secret schools defy Taliban to offer Afghan girls light and hope: Clandestine classes are keeping learning alive for girls whom the ruling Taliban have banned ...
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Nearly 80 school girls poisoned and hospitalized in Afghanistan: Nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalized in two separate attacks at their primary schools ...
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#WIONFineprint | Taliban continues to clampdown on women's rights
First an education ban, now on businesses
Eric Njoka brings you this report
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Linda Norgrove Foundation: Island charity's support for Afghan women passes £3 million milestone
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Without Education: Women in Afghanistan - The Emirate and its hostages: Girls and women in Afghanistan are denied almost any higher education ...
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Afghanistan: 90 schoolchildren may have been poisoned: Nearly 90 children may have been poisoned at two schools in Afghanistan. The authorities are investigating ...
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At least 80 Afghan students — mostly girls — poisoned in school, all alive: The students fell sick soon after entering the classroom, suggesting a gas and ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/05/afghanistan-girls-school-poisoning/
Taliban's crackdown on women makes delivering aid to Afghanistan even harder
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Afghanistan: More than 2.5 million girls deprived of education in war-torn country, says US special envoy Amiri
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Afghanistan: Nearly 90 girls poisoned in schools: In northern Afghanistan, children at two schools have apparently become victims of poison attacks ...
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UNICEF concern over report of aid group ban from Afghan education: (Reuters) - The U.N. children's agency said on Thursday it was following up with ...
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'Darkness engulfing us': Amid education ban, Afghan girls attend secret classes: The Taliban banned Afghan girls from getting an education. They're now risking ...
ctvnews.ca/world/darkness-engulfing-us-amid-education-ban-afghan-girls-attend-secret-classes-1.6366210
The New Taliban Regime: A series on women's rights, geopolitics and Western responsibility in Afghanistan.
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Afghan Economy on Verge of Collapse If Aid Drops, UN Warns: The United Nations made a renewed appeal for international aid for Afghanistan ...
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🇦🇫♀️ More than 18 months have passed since the #Taliban took power in #Afghanistan .
Since then, the regime has progressively deprived Afghan #women of secondary and ... Show more
Taliban Arrest Afghan Education Activist, Accuse Him of Suspicious Activity: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
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More than 1 million girls and women in Afghanistan are prohibited from attending classes as the Taliban-led government extends its gender-based education ... Show more
Taliban Arrests Leader of Campaign to Educate Afghan Women and Girls: In Afghanistan, the Taliban has arrested a prominent education advocate who publicly ...
democracynow.org/2023/3/28/headlines/taliban_arrests_leader_of_campaign_to_educate_afghan_women_and_girls
UN deeply concerned: Founder of girls' education project arrested in Afghanistan: Despite Taliban rule, he is fighting for girls to be able to go to school ...
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The Taliban needs to start an intra-Afghan dialogue but with who?: Inclusivity is important, but more important is not to bring back corrupt officials from the ...
aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/3/28/the-taliban-need-to-start-an-intra-afghan-dialogue-but-with-who
Voicepk.net auf Twitter: “Only men returned to class as Afghan universities reopened today, continuing the ban on women in higher education by the #Taliban ...
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Afghan colleges reopen, only men allowed!: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a ban by the Taliban ...
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🇦🇫🇵🇰Since the Taliban took power in #Afghanistan , thousands of Afghan families have found refuge in neighbouring #Pakistan , where they want to provide #education for their ... Show more
The Taliban Cannot Defeat Women | by Gordon Brown & Yasmine Sherif - Project Syndicate
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US envoy to UN raises concern over ban on female education in Afghanistan: We worked hard and learned a lot we have goals and ambitions and it is vital that our ...
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