Girls’ Education from Kabul to Rwanda (Shabana Basij-Rasikh: A Voice for Education)

Afghanistan’s Influential Women File – 6 Researcher: Qawm Shahi Translator: Shekib Jaghori In this issue of the series« Afghanistan’s Influential Women »we focus on Shabana Basij-Rasikh, a woman who has…

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On the Fifth Anniversary of Afghanistan’s Fall: The Story of Three Women and a Future That Never Came

Reporter: Mahya Omid Before Afghanistan fell, Yeganeh saw herself as a future graphic design student. Maryam was only a few steps away from wearing the white coat of a doctor,…

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Opposition to Girls’ Progress: The Taliban Bar Girls from Exit Exams for a Fourth Consecutive Year

Two weeks ago (April 10), the Afghanistan Medical Council, in coordination with the Taliban-run Ministry of Public Health, held exit exams for medical students—but only for men. According to published…

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