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    NGOs Seek New Approach to Girls' Education in Afghanistan

    By Ivy Mungcal // 24 February 2011
    Young village girls attend the opening of a school in Afghanistan. A new approach to education is also needed to further increase Afghan girl’s access to education, according to a report by 16 local and international non-governmental organizations. Photo by: Chad J. McNeeley / CC BY

    The Afghan government and international donors should develop and implement a new approach to girls’ education in the country to avoid reversing the gains made in educating young Afghan girls over the last nine years, 16 local and international non-governmental organizations say in a report.

    A new approach to education is also needed to further increase Afghan girls’ access to education, according to the report by organizations such as Oxfam International, CARE And the Swedish Committee of Afghanistan.

    The organizations argue that the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan and donors’ focus on counterinsurgency and stabilization instead of long-term development could reverse gains made in encouraging girls to attend school. This progress in sending girls to school is “one of the few good news stories” in Afghanistan in the last nine years, the organizations say.

    The report’s recommendations for the new approach include:

    - Focusing on improving secondary and higher levels of education.

    - Helping the Afghan government increase the number of female-friendly schools for girls, particularly in remote areas.

    - Increasing the number and quality of female teachers.

    - Ensuring that access to education is not sacrificed in any political settlement.

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      Ivy Mungcal

      As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.

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