United Nations, United States —Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to continue her studies after the Taliban government returned to power two years ago and banned more than 1.1 million girls and women from schools and universities.
The 21-year-old, now living in the United States, is the face of a campaign launched Tuesday by the UN’s Education Cannot Wait global fund to combat the crisis, marking the two-year anniversary of the fall of the internationally recognized government in Kabul.
Under the motto #AfghanGirlsVoices, the operation is spearheading a global call to respect all Afghan girls’ and women’s right to education.
Countless girls…
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