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UN Secy General Guterres calls on Taliban to reverse ban on education of A
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
On International Day of Education, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse the ban on girls' access to secondary and higher education.
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UNESCO dedicates International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls, wome
Updated : 6 days, 19 hours ago IST
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
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ECW calls on Taliban authorities in Kabul to allow girls to return to educ
Updated : 1 month ago IST
After the Taliban ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, several humanitarian organizations, including Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a United Nations global, billion-dollar fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises called the Taliban authorities in K
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Taliban university ban for women 'grave step backwards': UK PM Sunak
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday criticized the Taliban's decision to ban University education for girls, saying "denying them access to university is a grave step backwards."
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EU condemns Taliban's decision to ban Afghan women from universities
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan, which is ruled by the Taliban, prohibited girls from attending universities and other higher education institutions.
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Taliban announces indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely restricting basic rights--particularly those of women and girls, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Afghanistan: Tribal elders call out Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Ni
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tribal elders in Nimroz province of Afghanistan called out the Taliban to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade and said that depriving young girls of education is not in the interest of the country, TOLO news reported.
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Afghanistan: Social media campaign calls out Taliban to open secondary sch
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A social media campaign called "Let Afghan Girls Learn" is doing the rounds in Afghanistan to call out the Taliban to immediately open the gates of secondary and high schools for girls in the country.
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Residents in Afghan province of Wardak demand schools for girls
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Residents of Day Mirdad district in the southern part of Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan demanded the establishment of girls' schools in the province and called for the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade across the country.
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EU special envoy Niklasson calls for reopening of schools for Afghan girls
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 13 (ANI): Special envoy for European Union for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson called for the reopening of schools for Afghan girls above grade six and said that the education of women is essential for progress in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported.
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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the Charge d'Affaires of Kabul's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq said denying the girls their basic rights to education is "national treason
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Afghan girls protest against the closure of their school in Paktia
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): Female students in Afghanistan's Paktia province protested against the closure of their school and marched in the area.
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