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Afghanistan minister says schools to open for all in spring
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 23 (ANI): Afghanistan's Ministry of Education said schools will be opened from spring this year.
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Study on interventions that may improve girls' education in low and middle
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has summarised evidence from 82 studies from low- and middle-income countries to identify programs that may help to improve girls' education outcomes and narrow gender disparities.
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Pakistan's Balochistan most neglected province in terms of girls education
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1 (ANI): Pakistan's Balochistan is the most neglected among all the four provinces in terms of education, health, and employment, with only 24 per cent of women are literate here in the region.
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Rasha Kelej, a Senator and Merck Foundation CEO, Africa's unsung 'Sheroes'
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 18 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, an African woman to hold the position of the first CEO to Merck Foundation. She is also Senator at the Egyptian Senate, a strong crusader for transforming patient care in
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Afghan girl listed among 25 influential women of 2021 by UK-based newspape
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 (ANI): Sotooda Forotan, a girl based in Afghanistan has been listed under the 25 influential women of 2021 list by a UK-based newspaper for raising her voice against the Taliban's decision to forbid girls' education.
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Attendance of girl students drops after cancellation of final exams in Afg
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 15 (ANI): The attendance of girl students has dropped as Herat provincial school teachers' council decided to cancel annual examinations and promote them to the next grade without appearing for end-term examinations.
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Afghan girls calls on Taliban to reopen schools
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 13 (ANI): Facing an uncertain future of their education under the Taliban regime, Afghan girls and activists called on the Islamic Emirate to reopen schools that remain closed to women across the country.
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Woman film director who fled Afghanistan urges world to push Taliban to ac
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 13 (ANI): Afghan female film director Sahraa Karimi urged the international community to not recognize the Taliban easily and to push the group to accept some conditions of a democratic society.
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Afghanistan: Women's education in limbo despite Taliban's assurances
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 1 (ANI): Afghanistan's takeover by the Taliban has been harsher for the women and girls of the war-torn country despite the group's assurances to protect their rights.
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High schools for girls in most Afghan provinces remain closed
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], October 30 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi has said that the agency is waiting to see whether the Taliban will allow girls' access to education in the country as high schools for girls in most provinces in Afghan
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AKON meets Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej to discuss progra
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Dubai [UAE], October 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): AKON, the Senegalese descent international superstar met the Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr Rasha Kelej, at her office to discuss the programs of Merck Foundation, and opportunities of collaboration to support
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Qatar terms Taliban's decisions on girl education 'very disappointing'
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], October 1 (ANI): Qatar has termed the Taliban's decisions on girls' education in Afghanistan "very disappointing" and a step backwards and called on the group's leadership to look to Doha for how to run an Islamic system.
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