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In a country where 77% of 10-year-olds are illiterate, a reading scheme in Pakistan is reaching thousands of children in slumsPedalling down a narrow alleyway in Karachi’s crowded Lyari Town, Saira Bano slows as she passes a group of children sitting o…
Read MoreGirls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’Girls as young as 16 have been arrested across the Afghan capital, Kabul, in the past week for violating the Taliba…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch warns bar on women means unqualified men now teach boys, fewer subjects are taught and beatings are routineThe Taliban is causing “irreversible damage” to Afghanistan’s education system through the reintroduction of corporal punishme…
Read MoreThe Taliban have barred us from the workplace, cut our access to healthcare and closed schools to us. Must we struggle alone?We suddenly all woke in the middle of the night. A piercing cry came from the corner of our room. It was my teenage sister, sob…
Read MoreDespite reforms, campaigners say Mumbai killing proves lack of progress in protecting students since 2012 ‘Nirbhaya’ gang-rapeThe list of complaints made by female students living at the women’s hostel in the south of Mumbai is depressingly long and go…
Read MoreSam Verzosa says education is in crisis as children study for hours but underperform in testsA lawmaker in the Philippines has proposed banning schools from setting homework at weekends, saying students are overworked and need to recharge.Sam Verzosa, …
Read MoreBalaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed lives in IndiaIn a dingy basement office in Delhi, a semi-circle of young teenagers sit on woven mats discussing the news. It is the monthly …
Read MoreNeda Mohammad Nadeem says ban was necessary to prevent mixing of genders as rare protests break outThe minister of higher education in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has defended his decision to ban women from universities – a decree that triggered a…
Read MoreHigher education ministry issues indefinite order three months after thousands sat entrance examsAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women, the ministry of higher education said in a let…
Read MoreYoung men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliban transitions from fighting to governingAround a conference room table, young Taliban fighters quietly listen to an instructor teaching them h…
Read MoreWomen required to attend separate classes and follow dress code at facilities in Kandahar and Helmand as they restart classes for first time since Taliban takeoverPublic universities in Kandahar and Helmand provinces in Afghanistan have reopened after …
Read MoreNationwide test for teenagers included passage indicating female independence was undermining discipline in the homeAn Indian exam board has withdrawn a passage from a nationwide English exam that appeared to promote the subservience of wives, after an…
Read MoreAt Malalay school in Lashkar Gah, female staff struggle into work despite anxiety over their jobs and half their pupils missingThe walls of the Malalay school, in the centre of Lashkar Gah, Helmand, are pockmarked with bullets from the last weeks of bi…
Read MoreGovernment announces re-opening of high schools for boys but makes no mention of girlsThe Taliban have effectively banned girls from secondary education in Afghanistan, by ordering high schools to re-open only for boys.Girls were not mentioned in Frida…
Read MoreHundreds of millions of children fell behind around the world as schools closed during the pandemic. We look at four countries as pupils try to resume their education‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warnsC…
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