Restriction policies, natural hazards, disasters, and poverty are the main drivers of need for school-aged boys and girls in Afghanistan. At the same time, restricted donor funding has heightened emergency education needs due to limited public schooling investments. DfA policies are the main barrier preventing girls from accessing education, according to the 2023 WoAA. The 2021 ban on secondary school education for girls has affected approximately 1.4 million girls to date and will prevent 297,15553 girls who completed grade six this academic year from continuing school. Other DfA restrictions, including a June decree ordering all INGOs to halt community-based education (CBE) activities, have left inadequate time for capacity-building of local organizations and created monitoring gaps. Moreover, accelerated learning programmes (ALPs) for girls were suspended in several provinces in 2023, limiting their chances of receiving primary school education.
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