As the new academic year begins in Afghanistan, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that 1.4 million girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan are deprived of attending school. UNESCO in Kabul wrote on its social media platform X on Thursday, stating that the deprivation of girls from education will cause […]
On the eve of the new academic year in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again called for reopening schools and universities for girls. Karzai stated in a post on the X network on Sunday, March 17, “On the eve of the new school year, once again, I ask the Taliban government to open […]
The new term has begun, but secondary school remains closed to girls for another academic year.
Shafaqna English-Over 330,000 girls in Afghanistan have been left out of accessing secondary education in the new academic year, according to UNICEF. “The total number of female students who have been subject to the order prohibiting the right to education since 2021 exceeds 1.4 million, among whom 330,000 are girls
Written By: Hakim Bigzaad As the 1403 academic year starts in the country, female students beyond the sixth grade are asking the Taliban administration to let them attend their classes. The Ministry of Education of the de facto administration rang the school bell on Wednesday, the first of the month, during a meeting. However, this […]
Times change. Life changes. It’s called progress. We need to stay flexible.
Australia withdraw from their men's T20 series against Afghanistan in August because of continued restrictions on women and girls under the ruling Taliban in the country.
John Calipari’s were the first major upset of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, as the #3-seed Wildcats lost to #14-seed Oakland in the first round by a score of 80-76. As is tradition when it comes to NCAA tournaments — remember the infamous Crying Northwestern Kid (who has now become a widely-used GIF), among many others […]
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Tighten those helmets, lace up those skates and grab your hockey sticks. Girls and women did just that on Sunday, and headed to The Pavilion in Bend for the third annual Girls and Women Have the Edge hockey event. It was an opportunity for dozens of girls and women ages 5 and up to came together on