At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural agency, said on August 15.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, Michelle Obama participates in the International Day of the Girl on NBC's "Today" show in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — ...

Hassan: Senior civil judge and district legal services authority member secretary, GK Dakshayini, stated that superstitions ...

Lucknow: Highlighting the importance of strengthening foundational learning to improve educational outcomes across the state, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of ...

Tammy Marinuzzi's photo exhibit, "9,514 Miles: Walk, Witness, Connect," is a snapshot of her 10-year journey to raise funds ...

JOHI, Pakistan, Feb 25 (Reuters) - In neat rows, the Pakistani girls in white headscarves listened carefully as the teacher described the changes in their bodies. When the teacher asked what they ...