How distance learning keeps Afghan girls’ education hopes alive
From Bangladesh to Switzerland, grassroots efforts are multiplying to help women and girls in Afghanistan study online in defiance of a ban on education. Rights advocates say it’s time for states to step up pressure on the Taliban to restore this basic human right. At 19, Mahbube Ibrahimi spends much of her time studying. She’s finishing secondary school in Zurich, her home since arriving in Switzerland just two years ago. If she were still living in her native Afghanistan, Ibrahimi would be shut inside the family home... Читать дальше...