Afghanistan: Amnesty International calls for girls’ access to education

KABUL, 17 October 2021, (TON): Amnesty International issued a statement saying that Afghan girls “must be allowed” to return to secondary school and continue their education.

Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s secretary general said “at present, girls in Afghanistan are effectively barred from returning to secondary school. Across the country, the rights and aspirations of an entire generation of girls are dismissed and crushed.”

However, Afghan educational officials have repeatedly said that they are working on plans to reopen the girls’ schools.

Amnesty International called on the international community to facilitate appropriate funding for Afghanistan’s education sector to enable schools to continue functioning, through organizations such as the UN or NGOs.

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