Boston University: 'We Will Not Remain Silent' - Afghan Girls and Women Highlight Pardee School Summit in Washington
March 02, 2024
March 02, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 2 -- Boston University issued the following news:
By Abigail Higgins
It had been 898 days, two and a half years, since Afghan girls were banned from school beyond sixth grade, Rina Amiri said to a packed room at the U.S. State Department this week. "As a woman, imagine being stripped of your profession and the capacity to earn and to feed your family," Amiri, the State Department's Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Hu . . .
By Abigail Higgins
It had been 898 days, two and a half years, since Afghan girls were banned from school beyond sixth grade, Rina Amiri said to a packed room at the U.S. State Department this week. "As a woman, imagine being stripped of your profession and the capacity to earn and to feed your family," Amiri, the State Department's Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Hu . . .