365 days - longest denial of girls' right to education in modern times, imposed by Taliban-ruled un-Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Reminds me of decade-long closure of universities in Burma by another vile regime following historic student protests at Rangoon University in 1988.
Kul
Twitter - See this and many other tweets marking one year since girls were barred from high schools - #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Today marks one year since girls were banned from attending high school in #Afganistan. One year of lost learning and future opportunities.
— UNICEF Afghanistan (@UNICEFAfg) September 18, 2022
We see you, we hear you, UNICEF is staying here for you.
Girls belong in school.#LetAfghanGirlsLearn pic.twitter.com/I5lzkzsz5X
Sadly the majority of Afghan girls lost one whole year of schooling and they lost a whole year of learning and education. Talibans in my view have no intention of opening school doors for girls beyond 6 grades. Half of Afghanistan's 35 million people will be uneducated. If this continues, there will be no female physicians, lawyers, teachers, engineers and in many professions. Solusions??? In disparity, Gulbadan
ReplyDeleteAfghanistan is a sad example of denial of basic human rights to girls and one should continue to press for schools for girls to be opened. While waiting for that to happen, can we not develop online and in air curriculum and undertake learning for girls using radio and cell phones (there are 1.2 million you f Afghans on u report). The stations can be based outside of Afghanistan and to certain degree learning could happen as it did worldwide during Covid. Might not be perfect but better than nothing.
ReplyDeleteDear Sharad, I hate to remind you that sadly, historically, Afghanistan has often been a bad example of human rights violation when it comes to specially girls education. Religious leaders and some cultural biases have always been a blockade in front of female Afghans. King Amanullah's women emancipation and girls education policies were among the reasons for his over through by the Mullahs.
ReplyDeleteYour idea of distant education through radio is good one and probably already tried in some format by UNICEF Kabul but listening to BBC and VOA radios during the communists and the Soviets were a crime. Talibans did not allow people to listen to radio specially music of any kind during the 1990s. I dont know about now.
This quote from the UNICEF Executive Director applies very much specifically to girls in Afghanistan. "With the learning of an entire generation of children at risk, this is not the time for empty promises. To transform education for every child, we need action and we need it now,”
I would like to use the words of Ms Russell and modify it to "entire generation of Afghan girls" are deprived from their rights to education by the shameless Taliban mentality towards girls. Afghan girls beyond grade 6 are all left back by one year. I dont think much will change, as I dont believe Taliban government have the intension of opening schools for girls grade 7-12. I hope i am wrong!