BALKH (SW): Human Rights laws require states and governments to take the necessary social measures to combat discrimination and domestic abuse; however, some reports have shown that in Afghanistan, the traditional family culture prevents women to receive a proper education.
According to these reports, in addition to cultural barriers, the lack of schools and other educational opportunities is one of the reasons why people are illiterate in remote areas of the country.
As an example, in the village of Gorimar of Nahrshahi district of Balkh province, this problem, in addition to the lack of female teachers, has caused many families not to let their daughters go to school. Therefore, there are many girls in this village who have the desire to go to school and get an education but are deprived of this opportunity.
Nazi, an 18-year-old girl, a resident of the Gorimar village told Salam Watandar that she has not been to school for two years now, because her family stopped her to go to school because all the teachers were male and there was no female teacher at the school. However, now that the “Sound” organization has built a girls school in this village, she is hoping to return back to school soon.
Freshta, another resident of Gorimar village said she could complete her schooling despite all the barriers. She said, establishing girls’ schools will help them get proper education and also have more awareness about health and other issues related to girls and women in the society.
Raiza Gul, a mother of one of these girls, thanked the “sound” organization for building the girls’ school in this village and said that she and many other mothers like her will be happy to send their daughters to school after this.
Meanwhile, Engineer Sardar Zalmai, one of the officials of “Sound” organization told Salam Watandar that his organization is selecting the villages based on their needs for girls’ schools.
Zalmai informed that the need for education for girls in remote areas is compelling as it is for men. The civic education or awareness program by the “Sound” organization has been implemented in the Marmal, Khulm, Dawlat Abad, and Nahrshahi districts, Zalmai added.
The “Sound” organization, in addition to civic education and building a girls’ school in Gorimar village, has also built drinking water facility in the village of Mulla Afghan in the district of Marmal, and have prevented two child marriages in Hussain Abad village of Balkh district under their social development and solidarity programs.
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