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UNICEF-supported literacy centres empower Afghan women and girls
February 02, 2010 | UNICEF 
By Cornelia Walther
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, 2 February 2010 -- Farida Dastgeer, 65, is learning how to read. She is one of 20 women and girls who gather six times a week for two hours, in the living room of one of the students, to improve their literacy.
"When I was young, my father didn't allow me to go to school. Now I am old and my family accepts my wish to learn, but my head is tired," says Ms. Dastgeer.
The Afghan Ministry of Education started literacy centres for women and girls two decades ago to provide them with basic, informal education. The centres were meant to bridge a gap for remote villagers who lived far from schools...
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