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UNESCO, UNICEF say closed Afghan girls' schools violates fundamental right
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 (ANI): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said that closing Afghan girls' schools violates the fundamental right to education.
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Afghan girls must reopen schools on their own: Afghan women rights activis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): Member of Afghanistan's former government's peace negotiating delegation and women rights activist, Fawzia Koofi on Sunday said that Afghan girls should reopen their schools on their own.
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Afghan girls must not be excluded from schools: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of schools in Afghanistan from Saturday, but stressed that girls must not be kept away from the classroom.
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10 million Afghan children need humanitarian assistance to survive: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): The United Nations Child Fund (UNICEF) reported that ten million Afghan children need immediate help as they lack access to sufficient food, medicine and drinking water.
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77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 17 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, which has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.
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Repeated school closures during pandemic responsible for learning loss in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal), September 9 (ANI): Repeated school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to alarming levels of inequities in learning opportunities for children in South Asia, despite significant efforts by governments and partners to expand remote learning, according to UNICEF r
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UN registers 300 unaccompanied Afghan children, some flown to Germany, Qat
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 7 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) dispatched teams to Germany and Qatar to aid efforts by authorities to locate families from some of the 300 unaccompanied children from Afghanistan who were placed on evacuation flights without their parents, Executive Directo
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Afghanistan: Nearly 10 million children in desperate need of humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 31 (ANI): There are nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan "in desperate need of humanitarian aid", said UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Herve Ludovic De Lys, adding that these children are deprived of their right to a healthy and protected childhood.
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Afghan children 'at greater risk than ever', top UNICEF official warns
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Afghan children have paid the heaviest price in recent weeks of increased conflict and insecurity, said a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) senior official, adding that the world "cannot abandon them now".
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Children in Afghanistan should not be abandoned: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Xinhua): With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world "cannot abandon them now," a senior official with the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country.
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Around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian aid: UNICE
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Amid the fast-evolving developments in Afghanistan, UNICEF has said around 10 million children across the country need humanitarian assistance to survive.
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Over 4 million Lebanese to run out of water in coming days over power shor
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 4 million people in Lebanon are at risk of losing access to safe water supply in "the coming days" due to electricity shortages that hinder water and sanitation services, UNICEF reported on Saturday.
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