Women's Education in Afghanistan
Accessibility: Before, During and After the Taliban Regime
Before the Taliban regime, girls and women were allowed to go to school. During it, they could not go and except for some religious education, girls and women were forbidden to learn. Girls with more than 8 years old were banned from classrooms. After the Taliban regime, women returned to schools, both students and teachers. According to Afghanistan's constitution (adopted in January 2004), education is the right of all citizens (both men and women), and up to a certain level, it is free of charge.
Conditions: Means and Infrastructures
- During the taliban regime, a great part of the country's infrastructures were destroyed.
- Many of the 3.600 schools of Afghanistan were damaged or destroyed as a result of decades of conflicts.
- With the fall of the Taliban regime, schools started a period of reconstruction with the help of some international help organizations.
Future: Self-sufficiency?
Then, talking about the future, it’s important to say that in a country devastated by war, survival and earning a living are top priorities. In order to accomplish that, providing educational opportunities is essential. Literacy is a basic need. Education benefits afghan society both social and economically. It enables women to work and makes them a source of income to their families.
Help Organizations: USAID (United States Agency for International Development)
USAID has constructed or refurbished over 670 schools and distributed textbooks, school supplies and training materials. USAID created an accelerated learning program that enrolled over 170,000 students, more than half of which were girls. USAID also works to improve the quality of teaching, management, and information systems at Afghan universities, and teacher training through radio broadcasts reaches 65,000 teachers daily in all 34 provinces.
Statistics
- Before the Taliban regime, one-third of the students of Kabul University were women and more than 70 percent of the teachers were also women.
- It is estimated that in 1999, during the Taliban regime, 92 percent of the afghan girls didn't attend school and women that were teachers, that means 70 percent of the country's educators, were forced to resign by the talibans.
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