Afghanistan Girls Education Ban: 2.2 Million Still Locked Out of School

Afghanistan remains the only country on earth where a government has formally barred girls from secondary and higher education. Five years after the Taliban seized power, roughly 2.2 million adolescent girls are still shut out of classrooms beyond grade six, according to UNESCO and UNICEF.The restriction has not eased. It has hardened into policy, decree […]

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