Afghanistan Peace CampaignThe Islamic Emirate has said that the closing of girls’ schools is temporary, but there has been no specific date of reopening provided.
Female students once again urged the Islamic Emirate to open schools for them.
The Islamic Emirate has said that the closing of girls’ schools is temporary, but there has been no specific date of reopening provided.
Nazita, a student in 12th grade, is reviewing her past school lessons in a group with other female students.
“We need to come here and study our lessons because schools are closed. We will fall behind in our lessons if we don’t study, we must study. We are now still far behind in our courses,” Nazita told a TOLOnews reporter.
These girls expressed their unhappiness about the ban on their schooling.
“It’s been 600 days since we attended school. Why don’t you open the doors of schools to us? what is the problem? Learning is our right. Men and women are two wings of one society,” said Sara, a student.
“Let us learn, getting an education is our right,” Nadia, a student, told TOLOnews.
Women’s rights activists said the closing of schools will harm the country.
“It’s been 600 days since schools have been closed to girls in Afghanistan. The closing of schools is a terrible and irreparable disaster in the educational field,” said Sahar Baresh, a women’s rights activist.
This comes as the acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate said at the Institute of Strategic Studies of Pakistan that women’s education is not forbidden, and this ban is not permanent.