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Afghanistan: Taliban replaces acting education minister in reshuffle
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 21 (ANI): Amid a global call for the reopening of secondary schools for girls, the Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has reshuffled several national and provincial positions, including the acting education minister.
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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the Charge d'Affaires of Kabul's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq said denying the girls their basic rights to education is "national treason
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Exclusion of girls from high school has no credible justification: UNAMA
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel said that the ongoing exclusion of girls from high schools has no justif
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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Afghan girls protest against the closure of their school in Paktia
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): Female students in Afghanistan's Paktia province protested against the closure of their school and marched in the area.
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Educate Girls collaborates with the Government of Rajasthan to train gover
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rajasthan on Tuesday, August 23. As per the MoU, the non-profit organisation working towards girls' education will implement a 'Train the Trainer' model. Th
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Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum", local media reported on Saturday.
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Taliban must achieve trust of their own people first: Former Afghan Presid
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has expressed concern over the education ban on girls' education imposed by the Taliban and said such a step could push the country further backwards.
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Talibani official dubs ban on girls' education a 'cultural constraint'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Acting Talibani appointed education minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Noorullah Munir said that the schools in the country were closed for girls due to 'cultural constraints', media reports said.
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Merck Foundation raises awareness about Ending Child Marriage and Supporti
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany releases two new songs named 'Like Them' by a Ugandan singer Kenneth Mugabi and 'I am Not Anyone's Bride, Take Me to School' by Zambian Singer Wezi,
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Taliban urges US to recognize Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 7 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday urged the US to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Our Africa by Merck Foundation TV Program's eleventh episode to support gi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany released the Eleventh Episode of their TV program "Our Africa by Merck Foundation" at 2 pm on Sunday, July 24, 2022, on GH One TV, Ghana, repeated on
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