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Exclusion of girls from high school has no credible justification: UNAMA
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel said that the ongoing exclusion of girls from high schools has no justif
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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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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Educate Girls collaborates with the Government of Rajasthan to train gover
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 25 (ANI/PRNewswire): Educate Girls signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Rajasthan on Tuesday, August 23. As per the MoU, the non-profit organisation working towards girls' education will implement a 'Train the Trainer' model. Th
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Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum", local media reported on Saturday.
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Taliban must achieve trust of their own people first: Former Afghan Presid
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has expressed concern over the education ban on girls' education imposed by the Taliban and said such a step could push the country further backwards.
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Talibani official dubs ban on girls' education a 'cultural constraint'
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Acting Talibani appointed education minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Noorullah Munir said that the schools in the country were closed for girls due to 'cultural constraints', media reports said.
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Merck Foundation raises awareness about Ending Child Marriage and Supporti
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Lusaka [Zambia]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany releases two new songs named 'Like Them' by a Ugandan singer Kenneth Mugabi and 'I am Not Anyone's Bride, Take Me to School' by Zambian Singer Wezi,
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Taliban urges US to recognize Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 7 (ANI): Taliban on Saturday urged the US to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Our Africa by Merck Foundation TV Program's eleventh episode to support gi
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Accra [Ghana]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany released the Eleventh Episode of their TV program "Our Africa by Merck Foundation" at 2 pm on Sunday, July 24, 2022, on GH One TV, Ghana, repeated on
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SCO Secy General meets Pak FM Zardari, urges Taliban to respect Afghans' r
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General, Zhang Ming, who is in Pakistan on a four-day visit, held a meeting with the country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari where both sides noted that Taliban must address internati
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Rights activists urge world leaders to pressure Taliban on girls' educatio
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Several human rights and education activists urged world leaders in an open letter recently to mount diplomatic pressure on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls in the war-torn country as the Taliban's brutal regime in Afghanistan will soon co
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