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Afghanistan: Newsline
‘Young Champions’ support girls’ education in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan, 28 April 2008 – Faiz Mohammad Fayyaz, now in his early twenties, lost his father when he was seven years old. His mother cannot read and write, because her father did not allow her to go to school, and married her off at the age of 14. Despite all this, Faiz’s mother made sure that he and his three sisters got an education.
Children forced to work to help pay off family debts
JALALABAD, 8 April 2008 - Over 2,200 children are forced to work long hours in dozens of brick-making factories in Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan, to pay off their families' debts, a survey by the Child Action Protection Network (CAPN), an Afghan body, has found.
Communities 'stand up to violence' as the new school year begins
KABUL, Afghanistan, 24 March 2008 – Afganistan continues to progress in the field of education, as more than six million children attended the first day of school last week – including approximately 800,000 children who are now enrolled for the first time in their lives.
Female teachers help to rebuild Afghanistan’s education system
KABUL, Afghanistan, 8 June 2007 – During the Taliban era in Afghanistan, many female teachers were barred from working and many girls were not allowed to go to school. But that has all changed dramatically.
Community-based schools in remote areas
NEW YORK, USA, 23 February 2007 – Hakima, 9, only recently came to know about her country and its people.
23 January 2007: Afghans determined to rebuild, no matter the obstacles
UNICEF External Relations Officer Roshan Khadivi offers personal reflections on the progress she has seen for children in Afghanistan since her first assignment there more than five years ago.
Afghanistan Representative visits schools and other UNICEF programmes in conflict zone
NEW YORK, USA, 16 January 2007 – In the few weeks since Catherine Mbengue became UNICEF’s Representative in Afghanistan, she has been touring the country to see what UNICEF is doing, particularly with regard to education for girls and women.
Over 300 schools closed in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, 2 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Schools in southern Afghanistan are closing in large numbers due to pressure and intimidation from the resurgent Taliban movement, leading to an education crisis in the volatile region, officials say.
Afghanistan: Bombs and threats shut down schools
LONDON, 11 July 2006 – Escalating attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups on teachers, students and schools in Afghanistan are shutting down schools and depriving another generation of an education, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. Schools for girls have been hit particularly hard, threatening to undo advances in education since the Taliban’s ouster in 2001.
Girls’ attendance doubles in Afghan schools
AFGHANISTAN, May 2006 - Girls’ school attendance has doubled in Afghan schools supported by World Vision and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to statistics collected by World Vision school monitors.
A chance to learn
Three years ago, Rukhsar Nabe Zada had never been to school. Like many girls in Afghanistan, she was kept at home because her father did not want her in a class with boys. Under the Taliban, girls were forbidden from studying, but even after the fall of the regime, traditional Afghan values still present a formidable obstacle to girls' education.
Determined and motivated: a WFP volunteer in Afghanistan
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, 8 May 2006 - When Toshiko Kitahara first arrived in Faizabad, a town in northeastern Afghanistan, in March 2002, she was immediately struck by its beauty.
Afghanistan: UNICEF Deputy Executive Director stresses need for education for all
BAMYAN, Afghanistan, 22 March 2006 – In the shadow of a huge sandstone arch that housed one of the famous Bamyan Buddhas in central Afghanistan prior to its destruction by the Taliban, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah today urged all Afghan families to give priority to education for the sake of long-term progress.
Afghan Women Leaders Featured in First-of-its-Kind Education Calendar
Fall 2005 - AED has created the first Afghan calendar featuring prominent Afghan women professionals. The Afghan Women’s Role Model Calendar 2005-2006 highlights 12 Afghan women, both urban and rural, whose work can encourage girls to explore different career opportunities in a country where severe gender inequality exists.
