Female Afghan students need overseas scholarships

Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home

In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees

By Naimatullah Zafary

20 February

Taliban brings in ideological courses at Afghan universities

Lectures taught by loyalists seek to ‘turn everyone into a member of their party’, scholar says

By Pola Lem

22 September

Taliban’s call for academics to return met with scepticism

Scholars express ‘deep concern’ over recent decrees banning women from public places and reinstating sharia

By Pola Lem

17 November

Marwa, a student at her home in Kabul reading next to a window as women are now banned from attending university in Taliban

Most Afghan private universities ‘face closure’ after women ban

Academics warn of ‘collapse’ of higher education system after Taliban forces 70,000 female students out of private universities

By Pola Lem

13 January

For female Afghan students, overseas scholarships could be a lifeline

Young women’s mental health has been badly hit by the Taliban’s ban on their attending school or university, says a scholar in Afghanistan

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For female Afghan students, overseas scholarships could be a lifeline

Young women’s mental health has been badly hit by the Taliban’s ban on their attending school or university, says a scholar in Afghanistan

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Related articles

Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home

Taliban brings in ideological courses at Afghan universities

Taliban’s call for academics to return met with scepticism

Most Afghan private universities ‘face closure’ after women ban

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