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Woman students in Afghanistan reiterate call to reopen schools for girls
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
This comes 660 days after closure of schools for girls from grade 7 to 12 in Afghanistan.
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Women, girls deserve full access to education: US envoy Thomas West on Tal
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Following the ban on higher education for women by the Taliban, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West said that women and girls in Afghanistan should have complete access to education in honour of Malala Day, reported Khaama Press.
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PM Modi wants every Indian mindset to be that of developed nation's mind:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
During an interaction with members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) UK Chapter, in London on Wednesday (local time), Piyush Goyal said Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is important and India is committed to it. He stated that people are now looking at in
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Muslim world condemns Taliban's ban on higher education for women: US Stat
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Blinken said: "When the Taliban enacted restrictive bans on higher education for women, governments from across the Muslim world spoke up to condemn the Taliban's decision," and that they argued that the actions were inhumane and contrary to Islamic beliefs.
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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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Afghan clerics calls on Taliban to ensure access of education to women in
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As Afghan females continue to suffer under Taliban's hardline regime, religious clerics of the country have called upon the Taliban to ensure access of educational opportunities, TOLOnews reported.
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Female students seek to study abroad as Afghanistan universities continue
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Female students have said that they have applied for scholarships abroad for virtual and campus institutions. However, they are facing problems in travelling due to the lack of a male person to accompany them.
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US VP Kamala Harris 'deeply saddened' by ban on Afghan girls' schooling
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"We will never stop championing the rights of women and girls around the world," Harris said on Twitter.
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Afghan families call on Taliban to reopen schools for girls above grade 6
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Families in Afghanistan called on the Taliban yet again to open schools for girls in grades 7 to 12 as they are worried about the future of their daughters in the country under the regime of the organisation, TOLOnews reported.
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Taliban's policies on women affecting Afghanistan's international relation
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"There were policies that made the space unfavourable. The trust that the people needed has not been formed. Our relations with the world countries have been undermined," former Minister of Finance, Hazrat Omar Zakhailwal said.
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Universities reopen in Afghanistan, women still barred
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Taliban-led Ministry of Higher Education in a statement on Wednesday said that male students' classes at public universities would commence on Monday.
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Enrollment in universities, educational centres dip by 70 pc in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Mohammad Karim Nasiri, the media director of the union, stated that the tally of participants had witnessed a dip of 70 per cent.
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