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Afghanistan Schools Restart, Girls Still Barred From Secondary School
Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls lamenting being banned from joining secondary-level classes for a third year in a row.
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Qatar, Indonesia's Women Ministers Urge Taliban To Allow Girls In School
Two women ministers, from mainly Muslim nations, on Monday put international demands that Afghan girls be allowed back in school to a top member of the Taliban government, officials said.
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Afghan Girls Ordered To Go Home Just Hours After Schools Reopen
The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group -- and international condemnation.
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Nearly Half Of All Children In Afghanistan Out Of School: Report
Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday
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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Angelina Jolie opens school in Afghanistan
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly opened a school in Afghanistan through her newly-established foundation - The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
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Afghanistan Schools Restart, Girls Still Barred From Secondary School
Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls lamenting being banned from joining secondary-level classes for a third year in a row.
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Qatar, Indonesia's Women Ministers Urge Taliban To Allow Girls In School
Two women ministers, from mainly Muslim nations, on Monday put international demands that Afghan girls be allowed back in school to a top member of the Taliban government, officials said.
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Afghan Girls Ordered To Go Home Just Hours After Schools Reopen
The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group -- and international condemnation.
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Nearly Half Of All Children In Afghanistan Out Of School: Report
Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday
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Afghan Activist Who Dressed as Boy to Defy Taliban Calls for More Female Teachers
When the Taliban banned girls' education in Afghanistan, six-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh started dressing as a boy and for five years risked her life to attend a secret school.
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Angelina Jolie opens school in Afghanistan
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has reportedly opened a school in Afghanistan through her newly-established foundation - The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict.
