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With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of ...
Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in Afghanistan. But foreign aid funding cuts are undermining the services that ...
Before 9/11, she ran a dry cleaning business in Massachusetts; in the aftermath, she returned home after decades away to educate young girls. By Penelope Green Razia Jan, a dynamic Afghan-born U.S.
The entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is building off-line apps, underground networks and a global robotics team to educate Afghan girls unable to attend school. By Shivani Vora This article is part of a ...
One year ago, on 25 September 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to hold Afghanistan accountable for violations of women’s and girls’ rights under CEDAW.
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