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80 pc of school-aged Afghan girls, young women currently out of school: Re
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A startling 80 per cent of Afghan girls and young women who are of school age are currently denied access to education under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a new report by Care International stated, according to TOLOnews.
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AfghanGirlsVoices: Young girls voice for education through global campaign
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The campaign, AfghanGirlsVoices, was launched on Tuesday to elevate the voices of young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to education, precisely came two years after the de facto Taliban authorities seized control of the country.
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60 per cent of primary-school-age girls, 40 pc of boys not receiving educa
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to UNICEF, 60 per cent of girls and 46 per cent of boys of primary school age are currently not receiving any level of education in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Campaign launched to reopen schools, universities for girls
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the campaign's organisers, despite their requests to reopen the nation's schools and universities in the past two years, no action has been taken.
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Local woman establish arts centre for education of deprived young girls in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
At a time when the Taliban's regime has taken away the basic rights of Afgan women, a local woman in the country's Herat province has established a training centre that offers miniature art classes to young girls who are deprived of education, Tolo News reported.
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Afghanistan: Paktia University graduates call on Taliban to reopen schools
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmadullah, a graduate student, said that there were girls with them during this period. He further said that girls have been banned from universities after the Taliban seized power in August 2021.
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Alleged poisoning of Afghan girls at schools sparks global reactions
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Concerned over "an alleged incident...in which approximately 80 girls and women fell ill in two schools in Sanchark District, in the north of Afghanistan," the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund stated, according to the Afghan news agency.
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80 Afghan girls hospitalised after being poisoned at schools: Report
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mohammad Rahmani, the director of the provincial department of education said that poisoning had occurred in the Sangcharak district among female pupils in grades 1 through 6.
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Girls in Afghan province of Balkh call on Taliban to reopen schools
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As Afghan girls continue to remain deprived of education under the Taliban regime, girls in Balkh province have once again called out the de-facto authorities to reopen schools for them and let them learn, TOLOnews reported.
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Conditions for reopening schools for girls above Grade 6 still unsuitable:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Sayed Habibullah Agha said that the final decision regarding the reopening of the schools will be made by religious clerics.
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Barred from schools, universities female students start own businesses in
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Due to the Taliban-imposed ban on access to education for female students in Afghanistan, some have launched their own enterprises in order to support their families, economically, TOLOnews reported.
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Afghan girls, barred from education, turn to Madrassas to learn religious
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Afghan girls have turned to madrassas (religious schools) to learn the religious sciences since the country's closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade, TOLOnews reported.
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