KABUL (SW) – Social media users have launched a new campaign for the girls’ right to education in Afghanistan.
Those behind this new campaign say that the purpose of this action is to remove the ban on girls’ education. They said that preventing girls from education cannot be tolerated anymore. Khushal Ruhi, one of the organizers of this campaign, told Salam Watandar that education is one of the fundamental rights of girls and the desire of all citizens.
According to him, this campaign was launched to create harmony and open dialogue with the government of the Islamic Emirate in order to lift the ban on girls’ education.
The organizers of this campaign want the international community and religious scholars of Islamic countries to hold international meetings in connection with the re-opening of schools and universities for Afghan girls.
Khushal Rohi said: “The issue of girls’ education is not only related to Afghanistan, rather, it is the problem of the entire Islamic nation. It paints a dark picture of Islam. Islamic countries should send high-level delegations to Afghanistan, give clear fatwas on this matter, and have serious negotiations with the Islamic Emirate and convince them.”
On the other hand, a number of girls who are left out of education have demanded the reopening of schools and universities.
Shabnam, who passed the university entrance exam last year and was admitted to one of the colleges of Kabul University, said that now her dream of going to the university in the country has become a dream. She added: “I had succeeded in the university, I had also completed my registration process. I was thinking that our lesson will start in a few days, but once we missed the lesson. All my dreams and goals were destroyed and it is difficult for me to bear this situation. We have the right to study like boys.”
Zahra, a medical student, said that her failure to study has caused irreparable damage to her life. She added: “I studied for several years, but now I am depressed and see my future very dark. How many times I put down my books and cried. I hope the government will allow us to study again. This is our fundamental right. On the other hand, progress is not possible without the presence of women. I am very disappointed. How long will we endure?”
Sahar, a 10th grade student in one of the public schools in Kabul city, welcomed the launch of the new campaign for girls’ education and said that she hopes that the voices raised to restore the right to education to girls will not be ignored.
She added: “I hope this campaign will give results. We all need to raise our voices to be heard. We ask other countries to support these voices so that Afghan girls get their right to education.”
The campaign for girls’ education is launched while 652 days have passed since the ban on girls’ education above the sixth grade, and 192 days have passed since universities were closed to girls.
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