COMMENT | GORDON BROWN | With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has understandably shifted away from the plight of ...

She told us how these girls were born in this slum, and have always lived together as a group. Their parents have always cared for them and loved them deeply. However, they mostly work as ...

Juhi, a 22-year-old Master of Public Health student from the Mayapuri slum in west Delhi, was the first girl in her community to take a science course at university. Juhi is studying her Master of ...

With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has understandably shifted away from the plight of Afghan girls denied ...

The United Nations Women on Tuesday warned that it will have generational consequences in Afghanistan as girls are denied education for the third year in a row. The reaction comes as the new academic ...

The new school year began on Saturday in Afghanistan but for the fourth consecutive year, girls over 12 were barred from attending classes. "All my dreams were shattered," she says, her voice ...

A 15-year-old girl reads a magazine in Afghanistan. Higher education for girls is forbidden under the ruling Islamist Taliban. A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million ...

At the gathering, then, everyone was talking about school and the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. Women are barred from attending university, and girls cannot extend their education ...

UNESCO amplifies the voices of Afghan women and girls who have been impacted by severe restrictions since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021. More than 70 decrees have curtailed their basic ...