Pakistan: Educational crisis deepens as over a dozen girls' schools close in Shangla district

Oct 04, 2024

In the Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, approximately twelve government schools for girls are closed, and most primary schools for girls have been operating...

Taliban says girls' schools closed for 'religious issues'

Aug 11, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 : Amid the growing outcry over the women's rights situation in Afghanistan, a top Taliban official has said that the...

High schools for girls in most Afghan provinces remain closed

Oct 30, 2021

New York [US], October 30 : The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Afghanistan Salam Al-Janabi has said that the agency is waiting...

Women and civil society activists protest in Kabul

Oct 21, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 : Dozens of women and civil society activists protested on Thursday in Kabul over economic problems and the closed schools...

Talibani official dubs ban on girls' education a 'cultural constraint'

Aug 08, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 : Acting Talibani appointed education minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Noorullah Munir said that the schools in the...

UNESCO, UNICEF say closed Afghan girls' schools violates fundamental right to education

Sep 19, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 20 : The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said that closing...