IEA deals bitter blow to teenage girls as they extend education ban
Eight months after schools in Afghanistan closed, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) reopened education facilities on Wednesday, but dealt a bitter blow to teenage girls when they stated...
View ArticleWindow of opportunity to negotiate for Afghan women’s rights rapidly closing:...
The window of opportunity to negotiate for the rights of Afghan women is rapidly closing, Amnesty International warned on Friday. Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International’s South Asia director, said that...
View ArticleUNAMA says Afghanistan is the only country in the world that denies girls an...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that Afghanistan is the only country in world which denies girls an education. “Only one regime on the planet denies girls...
View ArticleClerics, teachers, activists call on IEA to reopen girls’ schools
Afghan clerics (Ulema), school teachers and women’s activists have called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to reopen schools for all girls as soon as possible. The clerics, teachers and...
View ArticleOIC meets virtually with Thomas West to discuss Afghanistan
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Tarig Ali Bakhiet, held a virtual meeting on Tuesday morning with Washington’s special envoy for...
View ArticleUNICEF director visits girls school; says ‘education must be above politics’
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the continued closure of secondary and high schools for girls in Afghanistan, saying “education should not be held hostage to...
View ArticleIEA imposes strict dress codes on the few girls schools still open
Despite the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision to suspend schooling for teenage girls, Human Rights Watch found that a number of girls’ schools, mostly in Balkh province, are still open...
View ArticleEducation minister says 2.7 million Afghan girls currently in school
The acting Minister of Education says that currently 20,000 schools are open to girls and boys across the country and that 10 million children and youths are currently in school – of which 2.7 million...
View ArticlePositive news coming on Afghan girls’ education in next two weeks: EU envoy
EU’s special envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday he was told by officials of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) that there will be positive news on girls education in the next two weeks. Thomas...
View ArticleEU says Afghan girls must return to school and women must continue to work
With the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) increasing restrictions on women and the closure of Afghan girls’ secondary and high schools, the EU Special Representative for Afghanistan said Wednesday...
View ArticleIssue of girls’ education raised at gathering of religious scholars in Kabul
At least one participant at a major gathering of religious scholars in Kabul on Thursday called for secondary schools for girls to reopen. “They will learn and will be a good guide for their children...
View ArticleIEA official cites economic woes as a reason for closure of girls’ schools
A senior official of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said that the financial crisis is the main reason for girls’ schools being closed. “I think the main issue is the economic problem… all...
View ArticleKarzai urges immediate return of girls to school to help economic future
Former president Hamid Karzai said in an interview this week that Afghan girls should return to school immediately, stressing that education was needed to help the country “move ahead” and reduce its...
View ArticleHerat girls call for reopening of their schools
A number of girls in Herat on Wednesday called for the reopening of schools for students above the sixth grade. Holding a painting exhibition, the girls said that they wanted to give a message to the...
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View ArticleEfforts underway to reopen universities and schools for girls: sources
Following the international and domestic outcry over the suspension of higher education for women, security officials are trying to resolve the issue in consultation with senior leaders of the Islamic...
View ArticleUNAMA once again asks IEA to reopen schools and universities for girls
The United Nations Office in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that within a month, the new school year starts and schools and universities will open across Afghanistan, but millions of girls will be denied an...
View ArticleEU envoy hopes dialogue among Afghans takes place inside the country
The European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, has expressed hope that dialogue among Afghans will take place inside their country. “I would hope that dialogue can take place...
View ArticleSchool poisonings, if deliberate, deserve death: Iran leader
Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools are proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable...
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