Afghanistan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running
9 months ago

Afghanistan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running

The Hindu  

“Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20,” the Education Ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in mid-2021 and ousting the Western-backed government. The Education Ministry announced the new school year on Tuesday, a day before the start of the Afghan calendar's new year. Government universities also recently started the new academic year, but women have been blocked from attending since December 2022.

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Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from training to become midwives and nurses
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from training to become midwives and nurses

Op India  

Afghanistan’s only avenue for women pursuing higher education was essentially cut off when they were told not to return to school in the morning to complete their midwifery and nursing courses. The Taliban’s new order bans women from medical education, closing the last remaining institutions where women can learn. pic.twitter.com/C3SNsIC6OY — Habib Khan December 3, 2024 The shutdown, however, is …

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery

NPR  

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery toggle caption Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images The Taliban's supreme leader has ordered a ban on women attending nursing and midwifery institutes, closing a rare avenue they had to pursue an education beyond the sixth grade, a human rights group says. "This new decree — banning women from nursing and …

How Taliban Rule Has Reshaped Higher Education in Afghanistan
3 months ago

How Taliban Rule Has Reshaped Higher Education in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

Three years ago, Roya was well on her way to her lifelong dream of a career in medicine. Three years of Taliban rule have made it clear that policies toward higher education are not just about separating men and women, but are about remaking Afghan society. While international media attention focused mostly on the banning of girls from secondary education, …

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls on Taliban to provide education to girls and women
4 months ago

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls on Taliban to provide education to girls and women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai …

Taliban deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, U.N. agency says
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, U.N. agency says

LA Times  

Young schoolgirls attend class in Kabul last year. The Taliban has deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, according to a United Nations agency. At least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education since the takeover, an increase of 300,000 since its previous count in April 2023, with more girls reaching the age …

Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO

The Hindu  

The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a U.N. agency said on Thursday. UNESCO said at least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education since the takeover, an increase of 300,000 since its previous count in April 2023, with more girls reaching the age limit of 12 every year. “If …

Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
4 months, 1 week ago

Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a United Nations agency said Thursday. UNESCO said at least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education since the takeover, an increase of 300,000 since its previous count in April 2023, with more girls reaching the age limit of 12 …

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says
6 months, 1 week ago

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That's according to the U.N. children’s agency, which said …

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says
6 months, 1 week ago

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools, according to the U.N. children’s agency, which said Thursday that “no country can move forward when half its population is left behind.” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a statement urged Taliban authorities to allow all children to resume learning immediately, and called …

1,000 Days of Girls Banned From Education in Afghanistan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

1,000 Days of Girls Banned From Education in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

An underground network of informal schools, run by brave volunteers, is the only access to continued education for girls past primary school. For over two and a half years, we women’s rights and education activists have been counting the days, and we desperately call on the Taliban to reopen the doors of secondary schools for female students. Furthermore, even before …

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic

Al Jazeera  

Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. On March 21, 2022, the Taliban promised to reopen all schools in Afghanistan, seemingly ending the temporary ban it had placed on girls attending secondary school since its return to power seven months earlier.Two days later, while many girls were enthusiastically …

Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban
9 months ago

Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education. The invitations sent out to reporters said: “Due to the lack of a suitable place for the sisters, we apologize to female reporters.” During a ceremony, the …

As Afghanistan’s school year starts, more than 1 million girls still barred from education by Taliban
9 months ago

As Afghanistan’s school year starts, more than 1 million girls still barred from education by Taliban

LA Times  

A girl reads a book in her classroom in Kabul in 2023. The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education. The invitations sent out to reporters said: “Due to the lack of a suitable place for the …

Clearing sixth grade means 'graduation' for girls in Taliban ruled Afghanistan
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Clearing sixth grade means 'graduation' for girls in Taliban ruled Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Analyst Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that excluding women and girls from education will be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We understand that illiterate people can never be free and prosperous,” he said On December 11, 13-year-old Bahara Rustam left Bibi Razia School in Kabul, aware that her academic career was coming to an end. The Taliban declared in September 2021 that girls …

Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 knowing it was the end of her education. In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following two decades of war, the Taliban announced that girls were barred from studying beyond sixth grade. Last week, U.N. …

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools
1 year ago

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools, which are traditionally boys-only, a Taliban official said Thursday. A day earlier, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva told the Security Council and reporters that the United Nations was receiving “more and more anecdotal evidence” that girls could study at the Islamic schools known as madrassas. …

UN is seeking to verify that Afghanistan’s Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools
1 year ago

UN is seeking to verify that Afghanistan’s Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only, the U.N.’s top official in the country said Wednesday. She said that the Taliban Ministry of Education is reportedly undertaking an assessment of madrassas as well as a review …

Afghanistan marks two years of women and girls being banned from schools: ‘Hopeless and broken’
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan marks two years of women and girls being banned from schools: ‘Hopeless and broken’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UN General Assembly is …

2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans
1 year, 3 months ago

2 years ago, the Taliban banned girls from school. It’s a worsening crisis for all Afghans

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. The Taliban stopped girls’ education beyond sixth grade because they said it didn’t comply with their interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia. Their perspective on girls’ education partly comes from a specific school …

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

August 15 has been declared a national holiday to celebrate the Taliban government, which is still not recognised by any country. The Afghan Taliban is marking the second anniversary of its return to power with a public holiday, celebrating the takeover of Kabul and the establishment of what it described as security across the country under an “Islamic system”. “On …

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover
1 year, 4 months ago

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Here is a look at key dates since the Taliban came back to power two years ago, as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country: Aug. 15, 2021 — The Taliban march into Kabul as internationally backed President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. March 23, 2022 — On the day high schools are opening, the Taliban …

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover
1 year, 4 months ago

Two-year timeline of events in Afghanistan since 2021 Taliban takeover

The Independent  

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The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price
1 year, 4 months ago

The Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have settled in as rulers of Afghanistan, two years after they seized power as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew from the country following two decades of war. The U.N. said they were a major obstacle to the Taliban gaining international recognition as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. But the international community will only take such …

After two years of Taliban rule, uncertainty clouds women’s education
1 year, 4 months ago

After two years of Taliban rule, uncertainty clouds women’s education

Live Mint  

Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban's leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen — if it happens at all, an education official said Saturday. An adviser at the Higher Education Ministry, Molvi Abdul Jabbar, said universities were ready to readmit female students as soon as Akhundzada gives the order for the …

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says
1 year, 4 months ago

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban’s leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen — if it happens at all, an education official said Saturday. Afghanistan’s higher education minister, Nida Mohammed Nadim, said at the time the university ban was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders and because …

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’
1 year, 6 months ago

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan warned the country’s Taliban rulers Wednesday that international recognition as the country’s legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment. Roza Otunbayeva told the U.N. Security Council that the Taliban have asked to be recognized by the United Nations and its 192 …

Why is Afghanistan probing educational projects in Kandahar?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why is Afghanistan probing educational projects in Kandahar?

Firstpost  

Meanwhile, Girls cannot go to school beyond sixth grade in Afghanistan, with the education ban extending to universities New Delhi: The spokesperson of the Kandahar Education Department, Mutwakul Ahmed has said that they have been instructed by the leadership of the Ministry of Education to suspend the activities of regional classes and all educational institutions in this province until further …

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban
1 year, 8 months ago

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban

Associated Press  

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not to rebel against the government on the controversial issue. One scholar, Abdul Rahman Abid, said institutions should be permitted to re-admit girls and women through separate classes, hiring female teachers, staggering timetables, and even building new facilities. My personal …

Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls

Al Jazeera  

Since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, only girls aged 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up …

Over 70 countries, including EU, express concerns over Afghan women's rights, education
1 year, 9 months ago

Over 70 countries, including EU, express concerns over Afghan women's rights, education

The Hindu  

As the Taliban continues to suppress women and restrict their fundamental rights in the country, the European Union along with more than 70 countries in a joint newsletter on March 19 expressed concern over the situation and said that these restrictions undermine economic and social stability and development in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to the statement, restrictions on Afghan …

International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women
1 year, 9 months ago

International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women

Al Jazeera  

Eighty percent of school-aged Afghan girls and young women – totalling 2.5 million people – continue to be out of school. The United Nations on Wednesday said Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the “most repressive country in the world” for women’s rights, with authorities effectively trapping women and girls in their homes. “It has been distressing to witness their …

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

The Hindu  

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked global outrage – including across …

Afghan universities reopen, but women still barred
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghan universities reopen, but women still barred

The Hindu  

Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break, but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, and has sparked global outrage— including across the Muslim world. Several Taliban officials say the ban …

Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban

Al Jazeera  

The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021. “We are trying to address this issue by talking to lecturers and other students so that there can be a way where boys and girls could study and progress together.” ‘Gender-based apartheid’ Ejatullah Nejati, an engineering student at Kabul University, …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans female students from university entrance exams
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans female students from university entrance exams

India TV News  

Afghanistan : In yet another incidence of control over women and their education the Taliban on Saturday females from taking university entry exams, a spokesperson said. Higher Education Ministry spokesman Ziaullah Hashmi said Saturday that a letter reminding private universities not to allow women to take entrance exams was sent out. A copy of the letter, shared with The Associated …

International Education Day 2023: Education for girls in Afghanistan remains a dream amid 3-decade conflict
1 year, 11 months ago

International Education Day 2023: Education for girls in Afghanistan remains a dream amid 3-decade conflict

India TV News  

International Education Day 2023: Landlocked, mountainous, culturally rich, multi-ethnic and many more adjectives you can find to introduce Afghanistan. Forbidding girls to go to schools and pursue higher education in Afghanistan is nothing new to the world. Today we are celebrating the fifth International Education Day, but crying and weeping women for their educational rights is the reality of Afghanistan …

The Taliban haven’t changed their spots | In Focus podcast
1 year, 11 months ago

The Taliban haven’t changed their spots | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

By banning women from attending universities and colleges, the Taliban have proved that their ideological motivations matter more than international opinion. In September last year, one month after taking power again, the Taliban banned girls from attending secondary schools. In November, the Taliban banned women from visiting public parks, hamams and gymnasiums. Many countries and the United Nations Security Council …

2022: The year Taliban cracked down on women’s rights
1 year, 11 months ago

2022: The year Taliban cracked down on women’s rights

Al Jazeera  

As the year was drawing to a close, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan dealt what may have been the final blow to women’s education – banning women from universities. Tens of thousands of Afghans, including women, fled the country, fearing a repeat of the Taliban’s brutal record in power in the 1990s. The international community has urged the group to …

Activists urge global community to demand rollback of Taliban's decision to ban women from universities
2 years ago

Activists urge global community to demand rollback of Taliban's decision to ban women from universities

India Today  

Human rights activists and groups have appealed to the international community to urgently intervene and demand the immediate rollback of the Taliban government's "misogynist decree" of banning women from universities in Afghanistan. Several countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom have strongly condemned the Taliban's latest step in its brutal crackdown on the freedom …

Taliban fighters point guns at Afghan women, tell them to go home after university ban
2 years ago

Taliban fighters point guns at Afghan women, tell them to go home after university ban

India Today  

Taliban fighters are pointing guns at young Afghan women and telling them to go home after they enforced a country-wide university ban this week. pic.twitter.com/TawZk8iFE6 — Shabnam Nasimi December 22, 2022 Now, Taliban fighters are taking to the streets and pointing guns at young women and forcing them to walk back home from universities, The Independent reported. “A female student …

India says concerned about Taliban ban on university education for Afghan women
2 years ago

India says concerned about Taliban ban on university education for Afghan women

India Today  

The Ministry of External affairs today spoke on the reports of the Taliban's higher education ministry ordering an indefinite ban on university education for women in Afghanistan in the latest crack down on women's rights and freedoms, drawing strong international condemnation. Urging the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan to establish an inclusive and representative government, Bagchi said, “We have been emphasizing …

Afghan women weep as Taliban enforce university ban
2 years ago

Afghan women weep as Taliban enforce university ban

India Today  

Taliban security forces in the Afghan capital on Wednesday enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access to universities, with video obtained by The Associated Press showing women weeping and consoling each other outside one campus in Kabul. Read | Taliban's curbs on women's freedom may amount to crimes against humanity: UN rights expert A letter shared …

Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan
2 years ago

Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms. “This deplorable decision is the latest effort by Taliban leadership to impose additional restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan and prevent them from exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms,” Watson said. …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from universities, keeps secondary schools closed for girls
2 years ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from universities, keeps secondary schools closed for girls

Op India  

Amidst the brutal clampdown on women’s rights in Sharia-governed Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has banned university education for women on Tuesday. — Secretary Antony Blinken December 20, 2022 In his official statement, Blinken said, “No other country in the world bars women and girls from receiving education. Image credit: US State Department website US State Department spokesperson Ned Price in …

Taliban regime's decision to ban women from university education in Afghanistan will come with 'consequences': Antony Blinken
2 years ago

Taliban regime's decision to ban women from university education in Afghanistan will come with 'consequences': Antony Blinken

The Hindu  

The U.S. has strongly condemned the Taliban's "indefensible decision" to ban women from universities and keep secondary schools closed to girls, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning that this decision will come with "consequences" for the hardline Islamist regime in Afghanistan. "The U.S. condemns in the strongest terms the Taliban’s indefensible decision to ban women from universities, keep secondary …

Afghanistan: Ban on Women's Education Temporary, New Curriculum Soon, Say Top Taliban Sources
2 years ago

Afghanistan: Ban on Women's Education Temporary, New Curriculum Soon, Say Top Taliban Sources

News 18  

The ban on women from studying in public and private universities in Afghanistan was temporary and the Taliban will soon return with a new curriculum for their education. Top sources in the Taliban told CNN-News18 that the ban on women’s education in universities, which was announced on Tuesday, is temporary. According to a letter by the Taliban’s higher education minister, …

Male Afghan students walk away from exam to protest Taliban's ban on women's education
2 years ago

Male Afghan students walk away from exam to protest Taliban's ban on women's education

India Today  

Male students at Afghanistan’s Nangarhar University walked away from their exams in a show of solidarity with the female students to protest the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education. The Taliban's higher education ministry ordered an indefinite ban on university education for women in Afghanistan in the latest crack down on women's rights and freedoms, drawing strong international condemnation. The announcement …

‘My heart is bleeding’: Afghan women devastated by university ban
2 years ago

‘My heart is bleeding’: Afghan women devastated by university ban

Al Jazeera  

The Taliban’s decision to suspend women from accessing higher education has extinguished a rare source of hope for many. On Tuesday, the Taliban told all public and private universities to “ education of girls until further notice”, according to a statement issued by the Taliban’s Minister of Higher Education Nida Mohammad Nadim said. “To be honest, I am surprised they …

Photos: Female students turned away from Afghan universities
2 years ago

Photos: Female students turned away from Afghan universities

Al Jazeera  

Women university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education. Students and witnesses said that the presence of security forces outside universities was higher than usual and female students were told to leave by armed Taliban forces, even if they were going to complete administrative tasks. …

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