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Aid cuts, employment bans, movement restrictions: The triple threat to Afghan women | UN Women – HeadquartersWomen’s organizations, often the last remaining lifeline for Afghan women and girls, are struggling to survive under the combined pressure of aid cuts, and employment and movement restrictions.

After Years Of Education Ban, What Will Afghanistan Look Like In 2030?A girl due to enter seventh grade in 2022 is now about 17 or 18. Had things continued normally, she would have finished school and be preparing for the university entrance exam.

How Restricting Girls’ Education Damages Afghanistan’s EconomyContinued restrictions on girls’ education and women’s labor force participation are violating their rights and weakening the country’s human capital base.

Taliban Official Claims Best Education Environment Despite Girls' Education Ban – KabulNowKABUL, AFGHANISTAN - A senior Taliban education official has claimed that Afghanistan now offers the best environment for education and progress in more than four decades, despite the group's continued ban on secondary and higher education for girls. Abdul Khaliq Sadiq, the Taliban's Deputy Minister for Quality Assurance at the Ministry of Education, made the remarks during a ceremony honoring top performers in Afghanistan's 1405 university entrance examination (Kankor).

From sixth grade to marriageability: How the Taliban is redefining girlhood in AfghanistanFor nearly five years, global attention has focused on the Taliban's ban on girls' education in Afghanistan. Yet insufficient attention has been paid to a more troubling question: why was sixth grade chosen as the endpoint of girls' education, and what are the long-term consequences of removing girls from public life precisely when they enter adolescence?This is no longer simply an education crisis. It is a systematic restructuring of girlhood itself.

Documentary and Discussion: Event Looks at Underground Schools for Girls in AfghanistanThe University of Bremen is hosting an evening event that will focus on underground schools for girls in Afghanistan. The guest speaker is Pashtana Durrani, founder of the Afghan non-governmental organization LEARN Afghan.

‘They do not teach us what we need’: Inside the expansion of religious schools for girls across Afghanistan | CNNAfghanistan remains the only country in the world that prohibits girls and women from getting general education at secondary and higher levels.

Taliban’s Attack on Girls’ Education Harming Afghanistan’s FutureSeptember 17 marks three years since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan, shortly after their return to power in August 2021.

FAQs: What it’s like to be a woman in Afghanistan in 2025 | UN Women – HeadquartersWhat is the state of women's rights in Afghanistan today? Explore the data, frequently asked questions, and what the world must do to stand with Afghan women.

Despite Taliban ban, over 90 per cent of Afghans support girls’ right to learnDespite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, more than 90 per cent of Afghan adults support girls’ right to be in class, according to a new alert from the UN’s gender equality agency, UN Women.

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