Returnee girls and their Education

   Written by: Mir Aqa Atabar

Many Afghans have migrated to the neighboring and other countries; work and education facilities are provided for them in the host countries. When they return back to Afghanistan, some of their daughters/sisters could not continue their education. 

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some girls about this issue.

Khatira says: “As there was no school in our living area so that I could not continue my education.”

Another girl, Haya, a resident of Paghman district, Kabul province says: “when I was a seventh-grade student, I returned from Pakistan. My aunt’s husband asked my father not to allow me to school because he thought that I am a girl and girls are created for house choruses.”

What are the problems of the girls who are not allowed to complete their education?

Faiza, a resident of Kohistan district, Kapisa province says: “I was very depressed while I was not allowed to go to school.”

Marwa, a resident of Paghman district says: “When I noticed that nobody allows me to school and no one supports me, I thought that girls are created only for home choruses and she should work like an animal, I was tired of my life.”

How people could solve this problem?

Sadaf, a resident of Logar province says: “when my uncle did not allow me to go to school, I told a story of our neighbor to my father that due to not being a literate person in that house, one of the members of that family had died of taken known medicines. The principal of the school also talked to my mother and then my father allowed me to school.”

Parwana, a resident of Paghman district says: “We are three sisters. The school is far from our village. My father rented a car for us and our problem is solved now.”

Marwa says: “the school was far from our village and no girl was going to school. my grandfather said to my father that he would take me to the school and back home then my father allowed to school.”