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Dress restrictions tighten for Afghanistan girls' schools, says rights gro
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 28 (ANI): After seizing powering August the last year, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls' secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls' secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces.
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Girls' performance in mathematics now equal to boys: UNESCO report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 28 (ANI): In mathematics, the gender gap favouring boys in early grades gradually disappears, according to a new publication by UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report.
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US special envoy discusses recent attacks on civilians in Afghanistan with
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 27 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West met Swedish officials Niclas Kvarnstron and discussed the recent attacks on civilians in the troubled country.
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Hamid Karzai urges Taliban to reopen girls schools
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai has raised concerns over the closure of schools for girls, above grade 6, by the Taliban regime, stating that the people of Afghanistan want their girls to return to schools.
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UN special envoy stresses importance to ensure protection, human rights fo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, met members of Hazara and Shia communities and stressed the importance to ensure protection and human rights for all people in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan: Sindhis hold protest against CPEC, raise issue of forced disappe
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan] April 25 (ANI): A massive protest rally was held in Sann city of Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday to oppose China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and raise the issue of enforced disappearances and forced conversion of Hindu girls in the region.
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UNICEF raises concerns over closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 25 (ANI): The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has once again raised concerns over the closure of secondary schools for girls emphasizing that education in Afghanistan should not be a hostage to politics.
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La Martiniere Girls College, Lucknow reports 2 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in La Martiniere Girls College of Lucknow in the state capital on Sunday.
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Afghanistan: UNICEF expresses concern over violence on children
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 24 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the series of attacks that led to the deaths of over 50 boys and girls, calling it a "grave rights violations" in Afghanistan.
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Two girls kidnapped in Pakistan's Karachi in a week: report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): Days after a 14-year-old girl was kidnapped in Karachi, now another teenager has gone missing from the city's Saudabad area, according to media reports on Sunday.
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US Envoy, Abdullah Abdullah discuss plight of Afghan girls'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West raised the issue of reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan with the head of the former council of peace and national reconciliation of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah.
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Girls.Buzz introduces multilingual women's exclusive digital platform
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI/PNN): Digital Platform, Girls.Buzz introduces a multilingual exclusive platform. Their website provides a welcoming and friendly environment for women to communicate, ask questions, and share whatever they want. This woman empowerment platform is both a store
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