Afghanistan setting up its first women's university in Kabul

[Bengal_Tiger]

Afghanistan setting up its first women's university in Kabul

VASUDEVAN-SRIDHARAN By Vasudevan Sridharan

January 21, 2016 09:18 GMT 1,142



Afghanistan first women's university


Afghanistan's first women-only university will be a joint venture with Turkey

The government of Afghanistan is setting up its first women's university in capital Kabul. The move is being seen as a significant step towards supplementing women's education in the conservative nation.

Afghan first lady Rula Ghani, on 20 January, said that the institution would be established in the near future and preparations were underway. She announced about the launch of the university following talks with representatives of the civil society and cabinet members in Kabul. The project was a promise made by President Ashraf Ghani during his election campaign, before he came to power in 2014.

"Building a university for girls is one of the promises of Mr Ghani that he vowed during presidential campaigns and now we are on the eve of its implementation," Rula said. "Those girls that are not allowed to study at other universities can continue their higher education in this university."

She, however, did not reveal the exact date the university would be inaugurated. The academic facility, tentatively named Mawlana Afghan-Turk University, will be built in a joint effort with Turkey, authorities said.

"This university will be built on at least 47 acres of land in Tap-e-Maranjan area in Kabul," Afghanistan's Higher Education Minister Farida Mohmand said during the conference. Other ministers have also pledged to assist the students of the university once it is fully operational.

Mark English, president of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), who also participated in the gathering, said: "The American University always supports anything that is going to advance the education for women in Afghanistan. We are willing to give all of our support in terms of helping develop programs, and helping to increase their resources so that we can get this initiative started."

Schools and colleges, especially places where girls are educated, are frequently targeted by Taliban Islamists in Afghanistan. Extremists consider education for women as "haram" or "unIslamic".

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/afghanistan-setting-its-first-womens-university-kabul-1539207

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[mixxedpashtana]

Hi @Bengal_Tiger ! How are you?

I think this is a nice gesture and plan of Ghani. As a educated man is only logic for him to stimulate knowledge upon male and female.
I'm just afraid that Pashtun women cant take adventage of this opportunity.
Most Pashtuns families are against women going to school, let along the university.

But I have high hopes!

[Khostai]

Hi @Bengal_Tiger ! How are you?

I think this is a nice gesture and plan of Ghani. As a educated man is only logic for him to stimulate knowledge upon male and female.
I'm just afraid that Pashtun women cant take adventage of this opportunity.
Most Pashtuns families are against women going to school, let along the university.

But I have high hopes!

Well most Pashtun are against mixed female and male education centers, mayby becuase this is only for women they will allow them to go to this univercity. But then again how are this women are going to work later in the work force, Afghanistan does not have seperate male/female work placess...

[DaZahroJaam.]

^Change in society is brought one step at a time. I don't blame afghan parents for wanting to send their sons or daughters to all male or all female schools. Today, our afghan youth in Afghanistan are in a very confused state. If you look at the way some of these women dress and paint their faces while attending university, you will know that the main focus is not education. The guys are no different. They are not used being around women so when they get the oppurtunity, they don't miss the chance to fool around. Under such circumstances, I would not want my kids going to unisex universities in Afghanistan either.
And besides, not getting any education because your parent won't let you attend a unisex university is worse than getting an education that you can't necessary in the outside world. Maybe by the time you have finished your studies, society has become the sort of place where you can work with men without having to worry about being objectified. Maybe by then you have learnt to deal with stuff like that. Even if you don't do anything with the education you gain at this university in the practical world outside your home, you are better off than scrubbing pots all day and having no knowledge of the world outside.

[Shapur]

This might be a good thing for some conservative families who don't feel comfortable sending their girls to mixed unis. Real question is, what will these women do after they graduate, will their work place also be segregated? Will they work on women only hospitals, offices etc.

[DaZahroJaam.]

^shapur, prior to marriage, most afghan women live as if they are in confinement. After marriage and if they are lucky, they get to choose the sorts of lives they want to live. However, most of these women aren't educated and able to do anything else but have kids and become home makers after marrying men who may not have a problem with them having careers, had they the qualifications. Besides, the stigma in its self prevents so many women who want to be educated and are willing to work in a mixed society but are prevented by their parents.
Let them get the education. If not all 10 out of 10, then at least 5 out of the ten educated in such a university will be able to make use of that education when their circumstances change. And circumstances do change in life. A lot.

[Shapur]

I guess you are right, getting educated and gaining knowledge should be seen as an acheivement in itself,, rather than looking at education as a means to an end. Maybe if these women can't work themselves, at least they will know the value of education and pass it on to their kids.

[Karachi]

slap in the face of mullahs

[Badlun]

slap in the face of mullahs

No slap because it is becsuse of Mullah that only Women university is announced. Mullah is for gender segregation.

[skully Lewa]

Kha di wuku! moong khalaaq inqilabi lagi. we need revolution a change to progress and Taalim is the way forward we move forward like a game of chess 5 moves forward never backwards.

[Khostai]

No slap because it is becsuse of Mullah that only Women university is announced. Mullah is for gender segregation.

You dont know Afghan mullahs. They see this as a big slap, for decades they boycoted female education. You dont half know how evil mullahs are. Their new vile tacktic to keep women enslaved and behind is to spread propaganda among young men that women outside the house or women working toghether with other men are *****s and it is allowed to harras them. This way they think that women will get scared and stay at home. This one of the reason you hear so many Afghan and arab asilum seekers harrasing women, they are taught that a women alone outside her home is asking for this.

Thats how evil Afghan mullah are, and I bet other countries mullah are not better either.

[Shamlawar Khurasani]

Finally we are making the right kind of progress. Let's just hope this university has qualified lecturers and modern curriculum. Maybe some day my wife can become a lecturer here.

[marwat]

Finally we are making the right kind of progress. Let's just hope this university has qualified lecturers and modern curriculum. Maybe some day my wife can become a lecturer here.

i thought you are a thug.

[Khostai]

Finally we are making the right kind of progress. Let's just hope this university has qualified lecturers and modern curriculum. Maybe some day my wife can become a lecturer here.

Which poor soul did you trick to marry you?

[Badlun]

You dont know Afghan mullahs. They see this as a big slap, for decades they boycoted female education. You dont half know how evil mullahs are. Their new vile tacktic to keep women enslaved and behind is to spread propaganda among young men that women outside the house or women working toghether with other men are *****s and it is allowed to harras them. This way they think that women will get scared and stay at home. This one of the reason you hear so many Afghan and arab asilum seekers harrasing women, they are taught that a women alone outside her home is asking for this.

Thats how evil Afghan mullah are, and I bet other countries mullah are not better either.

Yes Mullah is a big curse for Pashtun society. This is the single biggest enemy of Pashtun siciety.