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For almost five years, girls and women in Afghanistan have been denied access to education beyond primary school. Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally excluded from secondary and higher education. More than 2.4 million girls are currently unable to attend secondary school, while women have been barred for universities since 2022.
Today’s crisis is deep, and rooted in a political battleground over modern education, shaped by struggles over curriculum tradition, ideology and religion.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝.
Across Afghanistan and beyond its borders, students, educators and organizations are developing alternative ways for women and girls to continue learning.
From community-based and home-based education to online learning, non-formal education and opportunities to study abroad.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝?
This seminar will explore the current status of education in Afghanistan and what can be done differently moving forward
How are alternative pathways keeping learning alive? What does quality and relevant education look like in the current context? And what can donors, policymakers and education actors do to support these efforts?
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦:
The program opens with 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 on why education form women matter, followed by 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢 (𝐍𝐀𝐂) 𝐨𝐧 (𝐝𝐞)𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧, before 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 (𝐂𝐌𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐇) 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 on education pathways for Afghan women.
The program culminates in a panel discussion on keeping higher education alive in Afghanistan, bringing together:
- 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐬ø𝐧𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐥, Country Director of the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee in Kabul.
- 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐲𝐧 𝐎𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, Executive Director of Right to Learn Afghanistan and Co-Chair of the Alliance for the Education of Women in Afghanistan.
- 𝐃𝐫. 𝐘𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐳𝐚, Senior Research Associate at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, and former lead on the development og Afghanistan`s first National Education Strategic Plan.
- 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧, Research Director at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, who has also worked with SAIH on research into education pathways for Afghan women.
The panel will be 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐝, a human rights specialist, writer and researcher on Afghanistan at the Afghanistan Analyst Network (AAN).
𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://afghanistankomiteen.profundo.no/paamelding-seminar-11
The event is organised by SAIH and the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee (NAC) as part of Afghanistan Week 2026.
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Kulturhuset, Youngs gate 6, 0181 Oslo, Norge, Oslo, Norway
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