UNESCO: 2.4M Afghan girls barred from school 5 years after Taliban takeover
UN agency calls education ban a grave violation of fundamental rights; Afghanistan remains the only country formally prohibiting girls from secondary education.
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UNESCO reported on Tuesday that approximately 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban's August 2021 takeover of Afghanistan. The UN agency called the continued ban a grave violation of fundamental rights and renewed its call for immediate restoration of girls' and women's education. Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where females are formally banned from secondary and higher education.
- 2.4 million Afghan girls remain barred from secondary education five years after the Taliban's August 2021 takeover.
- Afghanistan is now the only country in the world with a formal ban on girls' secondary and higher education.
- The Taliban's restrictions have reversed two decades of educational progress; secondary school enrollment fell from nearly 1 million girls in 2021 to zero.
- UNESCO and international community continue to demand unconditional restoration of girls' education rights, which the Taliban resists as a domestic matter.
How it unfolded
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UNESCO reported that 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban takeover, calling it a grave violation of fundamental rights and urging immediate restoration of education access.
“Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally banned from secondary and higher education.”
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UNESCO's Jaberian noted that five years represents nearly an entire secondary school cycle, not a temporary interruption, and stressed the ban reverses two decades of progress.
“Five years is not a temporary interruption in a child's education. It is clearly almost an entire secondary school cycle.”
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UNESCO reiterated its demand for immediate and unconditional restoration of girls' and women's right to secondary and higher education, stating there is no substitute for this basic human right.
“UNESCO continues to call for the immediate and unconditional restoration of girls and women's right to secondary and higher education. It is not negotiable.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · Mastodon ↗ - 260 weeks quiet
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By 2021, nearly 1 million girls were enrolled in secondary education in Afghanistan, representing major progress since 2001 when access was severely limited.
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The Taliban took control of Afghanistan as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after two decades of war. The regime shortly thereafter barred girls from secondary schools and later extended restrictions to higher education and employment.
What people are saying verbatim
“Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally banned from secondary and higher education.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“Five years is not a temporary interruption in a child's education. It is clearly almost an entire secondary school cycle.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“UNESCO continues to call for the immediate and unconditional restoration of girls and women's right to secondary and higher education. It is not negotiable. It's a basic human right and we reiterate that there is no substitute for this.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“Afghanistan had made really major progress in expanding girls' access to education. But unfortunately, much of that progress now has been completely reversed.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
“While the restriction remains, we cannot abandon Afghan learners. UNESCO work with communities and our partners from the communities to preserve every possible pathway to learning.”
Hoda Jaberian, UNESCO program coordinator for education in emergencies · AP News ↗ · Aug 10
Voices from the web unedited
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PBS: UNESCO calls this a grave violation of fundamental rights and on Tuesday urged the immediate restoration of education for women and girls. https://www. pbs.org/newshour/world/2-4-mil lion-afghan-girls-shut-out-of-secondary-school-during-5-years-of-taliban-rule-un-says
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And those taliban are now continously present in Berlin, Germany to facilitate deportations to Afghanistan when the Asylum or other residency permit is rejected. Yes, also women.