'Nothing allowed for them': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 The UN's Education Cannot Wait global fund has launched a campaign, called #AfghanGirlsVoices, to raise awareness and combat the crisis faced by Afghan girls and women as the Taliban government has banned them from schools and universities. Two years after the fall of Kabul, countless girls and women have already fled the country to continue their education.
Afghanistan's Taliban marked the second anniversary of their return to power, which means Afghan women have been fighting for survival for two years. Under Taliban ruling women are prohibited from attending high schools and universities. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
There is no end to the nightmare for women in the Taliban's latest clampdown against Afghan women. Female students have been barred from leaving the country to study in the UAE. According to..
French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women. On Sunday, the education minister in France argued that the garment violated France's strict secular laws..