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UNESCO Dedicates Int’l Day Of Education To Deprived Afghan Girls, Women

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has dedicated the International Day of Education to girls and women in Afghanistan deprived their right to education.

This is even as the world body sought for the immediate lifting of ban restricting access to the education of girls and women in Afghanistan.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) had designated 24th January annually as International Day of Education to raise awareness on the role of education for peace and development.

Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay disclosed this in her message to commemorate the 2023 edition of the International Day of Education with the theme: "To invest in people, prioritise education”.

Taliban-led Afghanistan had in December 2022 banned  women from attending university education, a situation that sparked reaction from the United States and the United Nations over assault on human rights.

Azoulay hinted that education must be prioritised for successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) given the global recession, growing inequalities and climate crisis.

She stated that UNESCO has been advocating for the immediate restoration of the right to education for all girls and young women in Afghanistan.

The world education body also condemned the serious attack on human dignity and on the fundamental right to education.

Azoulay informed that UNESCO remained the primary source for the monitoring of education data in Afghanistan, particularly data related to higher education.

She promised to continously mobilise the international community in order to uphold Afghan girls’ and women’s right to education.

“For example, in low and middle-income countries, seven out of ten children are still unable to read and understand a simple text at the age of 10 years.

“This is why in recent months, UNESCO has been working to strengthen international mobilisation to ensure the quality of education.

“Everyone has the right to education but despite the importance of this statement, the fundamental right to education is still far from being a reality for all the girls and boys in the world", she said. 

The DG revealed that 244 million girls and women in low and middle-income countries are currently out-of-school.

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