Education

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  Education

  2022-12-22

  'Hugs, screams and cries': Afghan women devastated over university ban

  'It really expresses illiteracy and poor knowledge of Islam and human rights. If the situation continues like this, the future will be worse. Everyone is scared,' said one student.

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  Education

  2022-10-13

  Malala returns home, pledges to help flood victims

  Her visit comes as thousands of students and teachers in Mingora, Swat Valley, protest increasing insecurity after an attack on a school bus.

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  Education

  2022-08-18

  Poverty, restrictions on girls shutter 400 Afghan private schools

  Thousands of students have been forced to drop out of school due to poverty or gender restrictions, causing a troubling ripple effect of closing schools across the country.

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  Education

  2022-06-03

  Global aid organisations launch initiative to deter child labour in Afghanistan

  The UN, EU and German-funded Help Organisation have launched a joint initiative to enable more than 1,600 Afghan children to stop working and attend school.

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  Education

  2022-04-14

  'Traitors and collaborators': echoes of Stalin in Putin's wartime Russia

  Children reporting on their elders, police arresting opposition members, and unidentified regime thugs threatening citizens who speak out -- all is reminiscent of dark Soviet times.

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  Education

  2021-12-08

  Malala Yousafzai calls for stronger support of Afghan women

  Human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai called on the US and the UN to give stronger support to Afghan women and girls in a trip to Washington.

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  Education

  2021-10-19

  Malala urges Taliban to allow girls to return to school

  Malala Yousafzai and a number of Afghan women's rights activists in an open letter urged the Taliban to 'reverse the de facto ban on girls' education and re-open girls' secondary schools'.

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  Education

  2021-06-15

  Illegal Iranian-run schools in Quetta deemed 'national security' issue

  Iran's school curriculum and its textbooks promote hatred and incite violence against Sunni Muslims, non-Muslims and women, say international groups.

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  Education

  2020-12-07

  Peshawar auto rickshaw driver provides lift to girls' education

  The 29-year-old man offers 100 girls free transportation to schools in Peshawar in a bid to promote education.

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  Education

  2020-11-23

  Pioneering female graduate vows to fight illiteracy in Bajaur

  Many naysayers discouraged Fatima Iqbal from choosing physics, a subject area dominated by men. She has proven that 'females can achieve anything if they work hard'.