Malala Yousafzai and several Afghan women’s rights activists have written an open letter calling for the lifting of the ban on girls ‘education and the immediate reopening of girls’ secondary schools.
Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot and wounded by the Pakistani Taliban, has called on Afghanistan’s new rulers to allow girls to return to school.
The Afghan Taliban have barred girls from returning to the secondary school since the government took office in Afghanistan, while boys have been allowed to return to class. The Taliban have claimed that they will allow girls to return to education after ensuring security and strict separation between students under the interpretation of Islamic law.
Malala Yousafzai and several Afghan women’s rights activists have said in an open letter that for the Taliban authorities … The ongoing ban on girls ‘education should be lifted and girls’ secondary schools should be reopened immediately
Afghan women are speaking out for themselves and demanding their right to learn. We must stand with them.
Sign the open letter @ZarqaYaftali, @ShaharzadAkbar and I wrote calling on Taliban, G20 and Muslim leaders to take action and #LetAfghanGirlsLearn. https://t.co/5crbnThPHD
— Malala (@Malala) October 17, 2021
Malala Yousafzai approached Muslim pioneers to make it clear to the Taliban that religion doesn’t legitimize banning young ladies from going to class.
The authors, including the head of the Afghan Human Rights Commission under the previous US-backed government, say that Afghanistan is now the only country in the world that has banned girls’ education.
The authors called on G20 world leaders to provide immediate funding for an Afghan children’s education project. A petition on the same issue with the letter received more than 640,000 signatures on Monday.
Education activist Malala Yousafzai was shot dead by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in 2012 in a school bus in the Swat Valley. Malala is now 24 years old and is active in educating girls. Her non-profit Malala Fund has invested 20 2 million in Afghanistan
