UN agencies say work will have to be partially halted in Afghanistan due to ban on women employees
After banning women from attending universities and other higher educational institutions, the Taliban government in Afghanistan has also banned NGOs from employing women staff
Female students stopped from entering Badakhshan University in Afghanistan
Videos shared on social media show security personnel using force to disperse the students who are banging on the doors trying to enter the university
Controversial Hijab ban in India a form of “religious apartheid”
Many fear that the headscarf ban in educational institutions will intensify persecution of minority groups by far-right Hindu nationalists forces within the country
Taliban closes secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan
A day after secondary schools for girls above 6th grade were set to be open for the first time since August 2021, they were almost immediately closed on March 24 following a decision of the Taliban-led government
General strike across the Occupied West Bank after fatal Nablus raid and other stories
Today we look at the extrajudicial killing of 3 Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank; targeting and harassment of Muslim students in Karnataka, India; and more
Women hold up half the sky: how China eradicated extreme poverty
Artist and researcher Tings Chak writes for Capire on grassroots organizing and policies to fight poverty in China.
Student groups in Netherlands seek abolition of loan system
Student and youth groups in the Netherlands have demanded the government to abolish the current system of student loans that has indebted a generation of students. They have demanded a basic grant or a comparable form of universal basic financing
Socialist Party’s manifesto promises revolutionary change in Zambia
The Socialist Party of Zambia released its election manifesto on June 18, Wednesday, promising universal education and healthcare, as well as the expansion of housing and sanitation facilities for the masses
Teachers in Greece gear up for another mobilization against controversial bill on education
The new bill for education proposed by the conservative New Democracy (ND)-led government in Greece has been opposed by teachers, students and parents across the country
Teachers and students across Greece protest government’s flawed educational policy
Protesters denounced a new bill on education proposed by the conservative New Democracy-led government in Greece. Critics claim the new bill is likely to worsen the operation of schools and increase class barriers to education
Students across Europe fight COVID-19 and the neoliberal state
Progressive student and youth organizations across Europe have initiated several campaigns to raise the concerns of students during lockdown.
The right to education under occupation
Under the illegal Israeli occupation, Palestinians are systematically denied their human right to education and university students and professors are targeted and criminalized
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
