BBC World Service | Dars: The fight for Afghan girls' education - BBC World Service Documentaries @BBCWorldService | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
When the Taliban took power in August 2021, they closed off access to formal education for girls aged 11 and over. According to UNESCO, 80% of school-aged Afghan girls and young women, 2.5 million people, are now out of school.
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In response, the BBC World Service created “Dars” or “Lesson”, a TV and radio series in Pashto and Dari. Now, despite the challenges, four female BBC presenters who fled the country following the Taliban takeover are helping to bring education back to Afghan children.
This is their story.
00:00 Introduction
01:58 For the sake of my sisters
05:28 The danger of home schooling
07:16 Fleeing Taliban’s Afghanistan
10:30 Starting a new life in London
13:51 “Women are at home all the time”
16:10 Dars launch facing delays
20:06 Two years of educating in secret
21:42 Dars is ready for launch
23:28 Raising awareness
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When the Taliban took power in August 2021, they closed off access to formal education for girls aged 11 and over. According to UNESCO, 80% of school-aged Afghan girls and young women, 2.5 million people, are now out of school.
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In response, the BBC World Service created “Dars” or “Lesson”, a TV and radio series in Pashto and Dari. Now, despite the challenges, four female BBC presenters who fled the country following the Taliban takeover are helping to bring education back to Afghan children.
This is their story.
00:00 Introduction
01:58 For the sake of my sisters
05:28 The danger of home schooling
07:16 Fleeing Taliban’s Afghanistan
10:30 Starting a new life in London
13:51 “Women are at home all the time”
16:10 Dars launch facing delays
20:06 Two years of educating in secret
21:42 Dars is ready for launch
23:28 Raising awareness
Find more of the best BBC World Service documentaries you can watch in less than 30 minutes here ➡️ youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4cI2qSy69-3UkgBWaXGHRrx
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