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Women in Kabul call on Taliban to reopen girls' schools
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): A number of women in Kabul have urged the Taliban to reopen schools for girls above grade six, local media reported.
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Punjab: Sangrur SSP to contribute part of his salary to education of farme
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): A Punjab police official from the Sangrur district has decided to contribute a part of his salary to the education of the daughters of farmers who die by suicide due to financial constraints.
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UN special envoy calls for representative governance, access to education
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, in his meeting with Chairman of Afghan Senate Fazal Hadi Muslimyar pressed for representative governance, the need for dialogue at all levels, and access to education for girls and
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EU Parliament member raises concern over rise in violence against Afghan w
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): European Parliament member Hannah Neuman has said that violence against women and girls has increased in Afghanistan, reported local media.
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In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): The Taliban in its fresh decree have asked the students and teachers to stop wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan, reported TOLOnews.
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UNHRC expresses concern over ban on female students in Afghanistan schools
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ban on schooling for female students in grades 7-12 in Afghanistan, a member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) Samira Hamidi said that the ban on girls is contrary to their commitment made to the international comm
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma participates in Bihu festival celebrations in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 15 (ANI): On the occasion of Assamese New Year and Rangali Bihu, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday took part in festivities as he enjoyed the Husori performance by young girls of Dhol Bai Dhulia of Maibelia Nakachari, Jorhat at his reside
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Afghanistan: UNHCR official expresses hope for coeducation to bring peace
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Inaugurating a school in Afghanistan's Kandahar, deputy commissioner of the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) Yumiko Takashima expressed hope that boys and girls study together to bring peace in the country's future.
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Religious scholars in Paktika province urge Taliban to reopen girls' schoo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Amid the worldwide condemnation of the Taliban regime's diktat to ban girls from attending school over sixth grade, a group of religious scholars assembled in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province calling for reopening of schools for girls.
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Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' educa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools.
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Parliamentary panel receives 90,000 'orchestrated emails' on Bill seeking
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports examining The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill held its first meeting on Wednesday.
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French MPs call for sanctions on Taliban officials over school ban for gir
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): French Parliamentarians have called for sanctions on Taliban officials in response to the ban on school girls above grade sixth imposed by the Islamist outfit in Afghanistan.
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