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Photos: Female students turned away from Afghan universities
On December 21 last year in Afghanistan, girls in their hijabs turned up to their university campuses to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards. This segregation act follows the exclusion of girls from secondary schools 16 months ago. It appears that all avenues of formal education for women are being closed in the Taliban-ruled country even though the Islam extremists had promised to respect women’s rights when they took power in August 2021. What made the female college students so disappointed was that this sudden rule change came just after the university entrance exams that took place last October. Now, most Afghan girls are not given the chance to go to school beyond primary classes. While other conservative Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia now allow most of their educational opportunities for women, extreme Islamic militants don’t seem to have any intention to treat girls and women as their proud citizens.
See the photos of disappointed female students and vacated classrooms in Afghanistan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/12/21/photos-female-students-turned-away-from-afghan-universities
Photos: Female students turned away from Afghan universities
On December 21 last year in Afghanistan, girls in their hijabs turned up to their university campuses to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards. This segregation act follows the exclusion of girls from secondary schools 16 months ago. It appears that all avenues of formal education for women are being closed in the Taliban-ruled country even though the Islam extremists had promised to respect women’s rights when they took power in August 2021. What made the female college students so disappointed was that this sudden rule change came just after the university entrance exams that took place last October. Now, most Afghan girls are not given the chance to go to school beyond primary classes. While other conservative Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia now allow most of their educational opportunities for women, extreme Islamic militants don’t seem to have any intention to treat girls and women as their proud citizens.
See the photos of disappointed female students and vacated classrooms in Afghanistan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/12/21/photos-female-students-turned-away-from-afghan-universities
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