This month marked the beginning of the academic year in Afghanistan. Usually it follows immediately after Nowruz, which fell on March 21st this year. But this year, because several festivals — ...

Girls' education in Khyber district, particularly in Bara tehsil, is confronting serious challenges. While a large number of educational institutions exist on paper, the severe shortage of basic ...

Before the collapse of the Afghan government in August 2021, girls’ access to education was steadily improving. For a decade, I was part of these efforts advocating for change. This all came to a halt ...

KABUL — The Taliban has deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, according to a United Nations agency. Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans female ...

Sadaf, age 18, joined the inaugural round of the Stealth Sisters program in July 2022, only months after the Taliban closed schools for girls in Afghanistan. Joining the program was an act of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, Michelle Obama participates in the International Day of the Girl on NBC's "Today" show ...

A study of 27 projects educating marginalized girls in lower- and middle-income countries finds that whole communities need to be mobilized as “agents of change” to ensure the effects last Education ...

All too often, female students are underrepresented in STEM classes. As a result, girls and young women have a hard time exploring the subjects and picturing themselves in related roles. Some progress ...

Girls’ education in Bara tehsil is being affected by a severe shortage of teachers, limited higher-level institutions and ...

April 20, 2004 – Investing in girls’ education globally delivers huge returns for economic growth, political participation, women’s health, smaller and more sustainable families, and disease ...