On Sep. 17, the Taliban issued a statement calling only for boys to return to secondary schools. When the schools reopened the next day, millions of girls across the country did not return to their classes, losing access to their basic rights to education.
Students in secondary schools in Afghanistan are aged between 13 and 18. Under the former government, boys and girls were already segregated by gender, studying on separate campuses or during different times of the day. The announcement thathas stirred up more fears among the Afghan people, who are worried this is just another measure to curb women’s rights, freedom and access to education and opportunities.
“Banning girls from attending school is like burying them alive. Don’t let this nightmare turn into reality,” Aryan Aroon, an activist and writer from Afghanistan who left the country before the Taliban takeover, told the Washington Post. Over the past two decades, progress and opportunities for women were some of the most prominent achievements of the Afghan people and access to education was at the top of that list. Under Taliban rule in 1996–2001, girls were banned from going to school. Those who did seek education, did so in underground schools, putting themselves and their teachers at risk.
Between 2002–2021, with help from the international community, schools reopened for boys and girls in Afghanistan, with
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