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1. UN deputy chief reminds Taliban: Islam does not ban women from education

Subjects
Women, Women's rights, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Islam -- Afghanistan, Education -- Afghanistan
Abstract

Byline: Just Earth News New York: The UN must present 'a united front' in the fight for women's rights in Afghanistan, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said after returning from [...]

Published
2023

3. EU: Afghanistan's ban on women's education raises the danger of gender violence

Subjects
Women, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Violence, Education -- Afghanistan, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, European Union
Abstract

The European Union and the UN have expressed their concerns about the Taliban's ban on female education in Afghanistan, which they say increases gender violence risk and undermines Afghanistan's stability. [...]

Published
2023

4. UNESCO dedicates this year's International Day of Education to Afghan girls and women

Subjects
Women, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Education -- Afghanistan, News, opinion and commentary, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

India, Jan. 21 -- UNESCO has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education on the 24th of January, 2024 to Afghan girls and women. Director general Audrey Azoulay said [...]

Published
2023

5. 'We have never given up': how Afghan women are demanding their education under the Taliban; Since recapturing Afghanistan, the Taliban have largely if inconsistently closed down girls' schooling -- but have found a new generation ready to fight for the right to study

Subjects
Women, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Education -- Afghanistan, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Emma Graham-Harrison in Qalat When the Taliban reached Parveen Tokhi's home province of Zabul in mid-August and asked to use her school as a temporary barracks, the headteacher was [...]

Published
2022

6. Jim Shannon ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that women in Afghanistan are able to participate in education with their rights and freedoms protected while studying at university

Subjects
Women, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Education -- Afghanistan, Business, international, United Nations. Security Council
Abstract

London: UK Parliament has issued the following written answer: Answer James Cleverly Answered on 4 November 2021 We are committed to prioritising women and girls in the Government's response to [...]

Published
2021

7. Going back

Author

Bushell, Andrew, Page, Kent, and Brooks, Kate

Subjects
Afghanistan -- Social policy, Education and state -- Afghanistan, Discrimination in education -- Afghanistan, Women in education -- Afghanistan, Education, Taliban -- Social policy
Abstract

An overview is presented on the education of girls in Afghanistan, including the ability of women to work as teachers. The article includes a brief history of educational prohibitions under Taliban rule, which prompted women and girls to study in secret, and concludes with the marking of March 21, 2002 as the nation's official back-to-school day for females.

Published
2002

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