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Title - Women and girls fight for their right to education in Afghanistan

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The topic that I have chosen for my dissertation is women and girls educational rights in Afghanistan. The topic’s focus derives from the abandoning of female rights in Afghanistan due to the political significance of the war against the Taliban in 2001. Decades of conflict in Afghanistan, under the Taliban regime destroyed the educational system and female rights. The Taliban are a group of fundamentalist Muslim militants living near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Taliban are against women and girls receiving any form of educational opportunities. According to the World Bank ‘In 2001 the overall adult male (18+) literacy rate in Afghanistan was estimated at 36%, while for adult women (18+) it was 21% (World Bank, 2005). Education is an essential, vital and a significant part of our lives as it promotes a system where freedom is prominent and allowing us to get better jobs to care for our families. Even though there have been some improvements in attainment levels within the educational sector, women and girls still face challenges for their educational rights. According to the Global Partnership for Education, the education sector of Afghanistan faces many challenges for example ‘low access to primary education, traditional obstacles to enrolment, in particular for girls’ (Global Partnership for Education, 2012). In these situations, the Taliban still

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