This week marks one year since the Taliban abruptly banned women from universities, making Afghanistan the only country in the world with restrictions on female education.
Morocco's earthquake has massively impacted the physical and mental health of girls. With educational infrastructure destroyed and incidents of gender-based violence allegedly on the rise, a generation of Moroccan girls are at risk of falling behind.
After seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban banned girls' secondary schools, leaving thousands of female teachers jobless. Ex-teachers are now forced to beg to make ends meet, or send their children to collect rubbish, as their options dwindle.