KABUL (Pajhwok): The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has dedicated the International Day of Education to Afghan women and girls.
“No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. Education is a universal human right that must be respected,” UNESCO’s Director-General Audrey Azoulay said.
In a statement on Thursday, the Paris-based UN agency warned that barring girls and young women from classrooms in Afghanistan could wipe out huge gains made in education and create a lost generation.
Azoulay reminded the global fraternity of its responsibility to ensure the rights of . . .
