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Engineering student Somaya Faruqi had to flee Afghanistan to continue her studies after the Taliban government returned to power two years ago and banned more than 1.1 million girls and women from schools and universities.
As the Taliban completed two years of its rule in Afghanistan, women are demanding education rights in a campaign launched by the UN's Education Cannot Wait global fund.
The Education Cannot Wait campaign will aim to raise global awareness of the issue via social media into next month, amplifying the voices of Afghan girls and women just as world leaders gather for the UN General Assembly September 18 and 19.
South Asia News: The UN's Education Cannot Wait global fund has launched a campaign, called #AfghanGirlsVoices, to raise awareness and combat the crisis faced by Afgha
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