Student in a headscarf holds books in a classroom doorway overlooking a mountain village
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Child Marriage in Afghanistan: Protecting Girls’ Education and Futures

Child marriage affects many girls in Afghanistan, with economic hardship, limited education, social traditions, and insufficient support contributing to marriages before age 18. UNICEF reported that 28.7% of women aged 20–24 married before 18, based on Afghanistan’s 2022–2023 MICS data. Early marriage Read More

Create a high-quality editorial documentary-style image of Afghan teenage girls studying together on the bright, permanent campus of a school in Rwanda. Show students in modest contemporary clothing and colorful headscarves seated around desks with open books, notebooks, and a few smartphones, engaged in focused learning with supportive female educators nearby. Include warm natural light, lush Rwandan greenery visible through windows, clean modern classrooms, and subtle visual hints of online education and connection beyond the campus without readable screens or text. The mood should be dignified, hopeful, resilient, and safe, emphasizing education, community, and future leadership. Photorealistic composition, authentic human expressions, natural colors, cinematic but understated lighting, candid journalistic framing, no captions, logos, or branding.
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Afghan Girls Find a New Path to Education in Rwanda

The School of Leadership, Afghanistan, founded by Shabana Basij-Rasikh, has opened a permanent campus in Rwanda for 122 Afghan girls who were forced to leave Afghanistan or barred from secondary education. Its SOLAx online platform also provides Afghan-curriculum lessons to about 41,000 Read More