Od course online education has indeed revolutionized access to quality education for girls, allowing them to attend prestigious universities from anywhere in the world. This is particularly significant in regions like Afghanistan, where current circumstances can make traditional schooling challenging. By leveraging online platforms, educational opportunities are more accessible, ensuring that learning continues uninterrupted despite local difficulties.
As we discussed already on the above mentioned issue, the sensitivity of some Afghan people towards girlâs education supported Taliban to close schools.
Another reason that the Taliban always emphasize is non-observance of hijab and Islamic clothing for by female student.
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he international community must make Talibanâs recognition contingent on their track record on responsible and inclusive governance. Legitimizing the Taliban should be conditional and subject to positive change in Talibanâs behavior and policies.
A clear, firm and coordinated message should be given to the Taliban that if girls are not allowed access to equal and quality higher education, the international community will limit funding for the education sector.
Islamic scholars, leaders and influential figures must condemn the Talibanâs decision to ban secondary education for girls and engage with the Taliban to influence or reverse their destructive policies.
As we said, this issue with Islam is one of the mistakes that the Taliban always repeat.
UN bodies, such as UNICEF and UNESCO must engage in dialogue with the Taliban authorities and ensure Muslim scholars from Afghanistan and other countries are present in the dialogues to make the Taliban understand the importance of girlsâ education in Islam.
The Taliban believe that the education of girls at higher levels will cause the emergence of foreign cultures and values ââin Afghanistan and the emergence of these cultures should be prevented.
To ensure that the Talibanâs recent policy does not significantly disrupt girlsâ learning, international organizations present in Afghanistan must provide girls with the instructional materials needed to continue their studies in an equivalent manner as boys until the Taliban reopen schools for girls.
To ensure that the Talibanâs recent policy does not significantly disrupt girlsâ learning, international organizations present in Afghanistan must provide girls with the instructional materials needed to continue their studies in an equivalent manner as boys until the Taliban reopen schools for girls.
Fund education without funding discrimination; Donor funding for education costs, including teachersâ salaries and other operating expenses, has a crucial role in ensuring access to education in Afghanistan for girls and boys. Before the Taliban takeover, about 75 percent of the governmentâs budget and 49 percent of education expenditure came from international donors. The Taliban have little ability to fill this gap, so donor support remains essential, at least in the short term. Teachers have already gone many months without being paid, and while many continue to work, the situation is not sustainable
Support communities as they fight for girlsâ right to education;Donors should carefully weigh Afghan views when assessing what leverage they have or should use to influence Taliban behavior. âEven if we die of hunger, I donât want the international community to recognize the Taliban at the cost of compromising our rights and freedom,â a student said. âI hope the international community commits to that. If the Taliban are recognized, Afghanistan will regress in every aspect.â
Donors should be allies to communities that are already pushing the Taliban to permit girlsâ education. In a 2019 survey, 87 percent of Afghans surveyed said women should have the same opportunities as men in education. Taliban officials are currently facing pressure from communities to allow girls and women to study, including to reopen girlsâ secondary schools.
International attention and pressure can play an important role in mitigating Taliban abuses, but they need to be sustained. âI believe keeping schools operating in Balkh province is symbolic â they are looking for international recognition,â a government school official said. âWe donât have any hope that this will continue. Once [the Taliban] gain legitimacy, funding, and support from the world, it will be the same Afghanistan in which women are not allowed to work, study, and participate in society.â
Stand by Afghans under threat for defending the right to education; People â especially women and girls â who challenge the Taliban, demanding respect for human rights, including the right to education, face severe risk. The Taliban has responded brutally to womenâs rights protests, silenced women journalists, and retaliated against womenâs rights activists through abduction, arbitrary detention, and forced confessions
Donors should respond to all credible reports of attacks on human rights defenders quickly and vocally. International pressure appears to have contributed to the Taliban releasing some detained people and modifying or disowning some abusive policies. Donor responses to abuses can help make activists safer and help create some of the space activists and their communities need to be able to negotiate with the Taliban and gain concessions.
Monitor all aspects of access to education.
Access to education requires much more than unlocked school gates. Donors, as they craft expectations and monitoring strategies for funding girlsâ education in Afghanistan, should consider the full range of factors that affect whether girls can access education, key aspects of which are detailed in the remainder of this document.
Mixed schools(Male and female) in some of remote area of Afghanistan or some other educational places were the another reasons that the Taliban used as a tool to close schools.
The Talibanâs statements and actions are often at odds: it has become a common refrain among donors that they will judge the Taliban by their actions, not their words. To judge the Taliban by their actions, donors need access to regular and reliable information about them and apply this information when making decisions about conditionality and funding to the education sector. They should also coordinate their efforts, work together to press the Taliban on human rights, and share information among themselves.
Fear of violence from the Taliban
Fear of violence from Taliban members impairs girlsâ and womenâs freedom of movement, making it harder for them to continue their studies. Several described incidents of violence, or family fears about their safety, if they attended school. âOur students at the high school level are young women,â a teacher said. âThey are worried that something might happen to them on the way to school if they donât wear a full hijab or if they donât cover their faces. They fear being whipped.â