I spent a decade helping Afghan girls make educational progress − and now the Taliban are using these 3 reasons to keep them out of school
Before the collapse of the Afghan government in August 2021, girls’ access to education was steadily improving. In 2019, the Ministry of Education introduced the country’s first Girls Education Policy, known as the GEP. This policy sought to improve women’s literacy rates and access to education nationwide. The National Education Strategic Plan and the Girls’ Education Strategy were working to increase gender equity as well, through initiatives such as hiring 30,000 additional female teachers. For a decade, I was part of these efforts advocating for change. This all came to a halt when the Taliban took over and immediately outlawed...... Read Full article on HadNews
