Zahra Joya
Afghan women students describe their devastation at a new edict that cuts off their last professional training opportunities and threatens to worsen a maternal health crisis
Allan Olingo
Climate change in Kenya is exacerbating barriers to girls’ education by increasing early marriage and child labour, and reducing school attendance due to drought, flooding, and the economic burden on rural families
Razia Mohseni
“We were the ones hoping to shape the future, but they took that future away from us,” a teen girl writes, describing the “terror” of attending a high school in northern Afghanistan under Taliban control
Nafiza
A 19-year-old dressmaker in Kabul fears her dreams of continuing her education will make her a target for the Taliban
Atefa Alizada
Girls’ education—once a signature achievement of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan—is increasingly under threat as the Taliban tightens its grip