The World Food Program has announced that one in three girls in Afghanistan cannot complete their primary education.
Today (Sunday, September 29), this organization expressed concern over the ban on education for girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan through a statement on its X account.
The World Food Program emphasized that although secondary and higher education for girls has been banned by the interim government, many girls are forced to leave primary education early due to poverty.
The statement mentioned that many Afghan children live primarily on bread and tea.
This organization added that following the takeover by the interim government, Afghanistan has been engulfed in a severe economic crisis that poses a threat to many lives.
The World Food Program noted that due to budget shortages, it can currently assist only one million hungry people in Afghanistan.
It further stated that an additional 11 million people have been removed from the food assistance process.
Additionally, part of the statement mentioned that 1.4 million mothers and children are suffering from malnutrition and need specialized food, but this organization is unable to help them.
According to statistics from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), due to the policy banning education for girls above the sixth grade, 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been deprived of education.
UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, had previously stated that an additional 38,000 girls would be deprived of schooling this year.
This comes after the interim government suspended education for girls above the sixth grade on September 17, 2021, shortly after taking power. Although it was initially claimed that this ban was temporary, it has still not been lifted after three years.
