2. During the rule of the Taliban (1996 – 2001), women were forbidden to: leave the house without a male escort to seek medical help from a male doctor going to school. Why were women denied education

3. Anyone going against the laws of the Taliban would be shot by them Example: Afghanistan is one of the worst affected countries by violence against schools, with 670 incidents of attacks on education in 2008. Violence on students have prevented close to 5 million afghan children from attending school in year 2010. In terms of death rates, Afghanistan had 439 teachers, education employees and students killed in 2006- 9, one of the highest in the world ‘Criminals’

4. TheTaliban regime was toppled in 2001: 6 million girls and boys started attending school. In 2012, the supply of students far exceeded the pool of qualified teachers. According to statistics provided by the Ministry of Education, 80 percent of the country’s 165,000 teachers have achieved the equivalent of a high school education or did not complete their post-secondary studies Only 12% of Afghan women were educated. Impact on country

5. The problem is still not solved. Because of the constant war between the Taliban and Afghan government, schools have constantly been attacked. This has slowed down the progress to solve the problem. 'In 2007, there were a total of 228 schools which were attacked, resulting in 75 deaths and 111 injured,' Mr. Arsenault said. 'And this year alone, as of June 2008 there've been 83 further attacks resulting in ten deaths and four injured and this is a very alarming trend. Is the problem solved?

6. Students have been working on Afghan weed fields. This is mainly because of the closure of schools in Afghanistan thanks to the constant attacks on them and also education in Afghanistan is too expensive. This shows that the problem that students are not attending schools is still not solved. Evidence on the following slide Is the problem solved?

7. ‘Dozens of schools have remained closed, particularly in rural areas, due to frequent attacks on educational facilities, teachers and schoolchildren. As a result, hundreds of students from rural areas have flocked to schools in Lashkargah where schools have remained open despite widespread security threats. Many of these students live in rented rooms in Lashkargah, and cannot regularly travel to their homes for both security and financial reasons. Most students had reportedly been absent from schools in Lashkargah in March 2008, the provincial Department of Education (DoE) confirmed. “This is very unfortunate… hundreds of students have gone to the poppy fields to earn money,” said Rahimullah, the director of DoE in Helmand Province.’ Is the problem solved?

8. “It seemed to me like a fairy tale that I would get a job and earn money for my family while supporting women and girls as a whole,” -Beheshta an Afghan woman who joined the English language class at the ICT Centre to complete her education How they feel

9.  Life as an afghan woman. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.trustineducation.org/resources/life-as-an- afghan-woman/ http://www.trustineducation.org/resources/life-as-an- afghan-woman/  Education in aghanistan. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Afghanistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Afghanistan  Attack in schools. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.afghan- web.com/education/attacks_schools.html http://www.afghan- web.com/education/attacks_schools.html  Students not attending school. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.afghan- web.com/education/students_helmand.html http://www.afghan- web.com/education/students_helmand.html Sources