Afghanistan Peace Campaign5 Nov 2023
They want the Islamic Emirate to provide them with educational opportunities in the country like boys.
As the final exams of the fall semester are held in government universities, some female students said that they are currently in despair.
They want the Islamic Emirate to provide them with educational opportunities in the country like boys.
23-year-old Malika, who was a student of the Dari Persian Language and Literature Faculty, laments her inability to attend the fall exam and said that she has once again lost hope and wants to reopen educational institutions for girls.
“I hoped that one day we would receive good news and we would be able to participate in this exam, but when we did not hear any answer from higher education, we became very upset,” said Malika.
“Fall semester exams have started again at the universities and only the males go to schools and universities freely and it is a pity that the gates of education are closed for girls,” said Maryam, a student.
Some women’s rights activists also expressed concern about the absence of female students in universities and said that the Islamic Emirate should consider social justice for its survival.
“Social justice is the survival of a government. If governments do not respect social justice, a social crisis will arise, which will cause the downfall of the same system,” said Fazila Sarosh, a women’s rights activist.
At the same time, some officials of private universities said that more than 60% of their students were girls and now they are faced with challenges.
“We had almost 65% of the female category [students], who are all at home, and the remaining 45%, most of them were governmental staff who were either expelled from the country or they could not afford to live, they could not continue either,” said Gul Rahman Qazi, head of the private university.
The reopening of schools and universities for girls has been one of the constant demands of the citizens of the country as well as from the international community to the current government, but the current government has repeatedly emphasized that schools and universities will be opened to girls when the conditions are met.