Afgha ista
o ly
cou t y
whe e
gi ls
fo mally
ba ed
f om
seco da y,
highe
educatio ,
U esco
says
A
estimated
2.4
millio
Afgha
gi ls
emai
excluded
f om
seco da y
educatio ,
five
yea s
afte
the
Taliba
etu ed
to
powe ,
acco di g
to
a
epo t
by
U esco.U esco
said
Afgha ista
emai s
the
o ly
cou t y
i
the
wo ld
whe e
gi ls
a d
wome
a e
fo mally
ba ed
f om
seco da y
a d
highe
educatio ,
calli g
the
co ti ued
exclusio
a
g ave
violatio
of
thei
fu dame tal
ights.
Hoda
Jabe ia ,
U esco’s
p og amme
coo di ato
fo
educatio
i
eme ge cies,
said
five
yea s
amou ted
to
almost
a
e ti e
seco da y-school
cycle
a d
called
fo
the
est ictio s
to
be
lifted
immediately
a d
without
co ditio s.The
Taliba
seized
powe
o
August
15,
2021,
as
US
a d
Nato
fo ces
withd ew
afte
two
decades
of
wa .
It
soo
shut
gi ls
out
of
seco da y
schools
a d
late
exte ded
the
est ictio s
to
u ive sities,
employme t
a d
othe
a eas
of
public
life.
The
Taliba
has
mai tai ed
the
ba s
despite
appeals
f om
the
UN,
huma ita ia
o ga isatio s,
huma – ights
g oups
a d
seve al
Islamic
cou t ies,
while
i sisti g
the
issue
is
a
domestic
matte .
The
est ictio s
have
eve sed
much
of
the
p og ess
Afgha ista
made
i
gi ls’
educatio
ove
the
p evious
two
decades.
I
2001,
gi ls
had
seve ely
limited
access
to
schooli g,
but
by
2021
ea ly
1
millio
gi ls
we e
e olled
i
seco da y
educatio .
U esco
has
co ti ued
suppo ti g
commu ity-based
educatio ,
lite acy
a d
skills
p og ammes
as
a
alte ative
oute
to
lea i g.
Classes
a e
held
i
commu ity
spaces
a d,
i
some
cases,
i side
the
homes
of
lite acy
facilitato s,
with
the
k owledge
of
autho ities.
The
age cy
said
it
has
mo e
tha
1,000
lite acy
facilitato s,
most
t ai ed
by
U esco
a d
its
pa t e s.Jabe ia
said
U esco
would
co ti ue
wo ki g
with
commu ities
to
p ese ve
educatio al
oppo tu ities
while
the
est ictio s
emai ,
a gui g
that
Afgha
lea e s
ca ot
simply
be
aba do ed
because
fo mal
schooli g
has
bee
de ied
to
them.
