2.4 million Afghan girls shut out of secondary school 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says
Summary
About 2.4 million Afghan girls are not allowed to attend secondary school, five years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The United Nations says this ban is a serious violation of girls’ rights and calls for the rule to end immediately.Key Facts
- The Taliban took power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021.
- After their takeover, girls were banned from secondary schools and later from universities and jobs.
- Afghanistan is the only country where girls are officially banned from secondary and higher education.
- Before the Taliban ban, nearly 1 million girls were attending secondary schools in Afghanistan by 2021.
- The ban stops girls from continuing an entire cycle of secondary education, which lasts about five years.
- UNESCO supports education with community programs that teach literacy and skills, often in homes, with permission from local authorities.
- The UN and other groups have repeatedly asked the Taliban to restore girls’ right to education, but the ban remains.
- UNESCO says education is a basic human right and urges the immediate restoration of girls’ access to school.
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