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Washington stands with women in Iran, Afghanistan who face violence: US Pr
Updated : 4 hours, 14 min ago IST
"We stand with women in Iran and Afghanistan who are facing down violence ... The budget I laid out two weeks ago, includes more than three billion dollars, a record amount, to advance general quality globally not just at home," he said, as quoted by TOLO News.
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Denied education, over 3 million Afghan girls face bleak future: Report
Updated : 1 week ago IST
The ban on the education of Afghan girls and women has resulted in a surge in the risk of early marriage, violence and abuse in the country, according to TOLO news which cited the report by Save the Children, a humanitarian organization.
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Ten women foreign ministers condemn clampdown on opposite sex in Afghanist
Updated : 1 month ago IST
"We strongly condemn the Taliban's push to exclude women from all public life: women are kept from strolling in parks, are not seen on TV screens anymore, are deprived of their right to attend schools and universities, and are now also kept from working in humanitarian assistance," a stateme
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Afghan girls criticize Taliban's decision to suspend enrolment of female s
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Afghan girls have urged Taliban to allow women to continue their education. Diana, a student, said that they should be allowed to study in classes to prepare for the university entrance exam.
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Afghanistan: Taliban orders ban on female students in university entrance
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In the latest decree, the Taliban has banned female students from sitting in university entrance exams which are slated to take place next month, the Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
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UN Secy General Guterres calls on Taliban to reverse ban on education of A
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
On International Day of Education, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse the ban on girls' access to secondary and higher education.
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UNESCO dedicates International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls, wome
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to dedicate the International Day of Education 2023 to Afghan girls and women.
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ECW calls on Taliban authorities in Kabul to allow girls to return to educ
Updated : 3 months ago IST
After the Taliban ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, several humanitarian organizations, including Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a United Nations global, billion-dollar fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises called the Taliban authorities in K
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Taliban university ban for women 'grave step backwards': UK PM Sunak
Updated : 3 months ago IST
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday criticized the Taliban's decision to ban University education for girls, saying "denying them access to university is a grave step backwards."
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EU condemns Taliban's decision to ban Afghan women from universities
Updated : 3 months ago IST
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Higher Education of Afghanistan, which is ruled by the Taliban, prohibited girls from attending universities and other higher education institutions.
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Taliban announces indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely restricting basic rights--particularly those of women and girls, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Afghanistan: Tribal elders call out Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Ni
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Tribal elders in Nimroz province of Afghanistan called out the Taliban to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade and said that depriving young girls of education is not in the interest of the country, TOLO news reported.
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