How this Australian-run network of secret schools is helping Afghan girls defy the Taliban

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'Afghan-Australian woman Gulghotai Bezhan watched the fall of Kabul
from the safety of her home in Melbourne in August 2021.

She took in the unfolding scenes in horror, knowing that the Taliban's return
to power in Afghanistan meant there would be big changes to the country she
grew up in and loves.

In March 2022, when the Taliban refused to open secondary schools for girls,
Gulghotai, or Gula, knew it was time to act - even if it meant putting her life
in serious danger.

"When they shut down the schools, it was heartbreaking. I was very disappointed
and I said, 'we should do something'," Gula told SBS News.

Upon seizing power in 2021, the Taliban's education ministry barred girls from
going to high school but signalled they would re-open the following year.

But less than a year into their rule, hours after girls resumed school for the
first time in seven months, a government notice announced they would be closed
again until the Taliban could create a new curriculum that would align with
their austere interpretation of Islam.'

Via Clarice Boomshakala Bouvier.

Cheers,
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