Latest items for AFE-PRACTICE-1
Jan. 18, 2025, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"'[In 2021] she [Afghani girl] went to school on the day they were supposed to open, but she returned crying. [The Taliban] fired [shots] to disperse the girls, as they were asking when will the schools would open. She said the Taliban beat two girls and warned them not to leave their homes'" (para 10). "Many girls...no longer see the value of trying to continue their education at home when they cannot graduate from school, cannot work and cannot imagine a future for themselves" (para 12). "[Women] show their strength in the face of this absurd and brutal regime, including through acts of resistance: attending underground education networks" (para 22).more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"'[In 2021] she [Afghani girl] went to school on the day they were supposed to open, but she returned crying. [The Taliban] fired [shots] to disperse the girls, as they were asking when will the schools would open. She said the Taliban beat two girls and warned them not to leave their homes'" (para 10). "Many girls...no longer see the value of trying to continue their education at home when they cannot graduate from school, cannot work and cannot imagine a future for themselves" (para 12). "[Women] show their strength in the face of this absurd and brutal regime, including through acts of resistance: attending underground education networks" (para 22).more
Jan. 16, 2025, 9:45 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In Peru, there are high rates of illiteracy, absenteeism and school dropout. Currently, of the total of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, 12.7% were already pregnant at some time. MINEDU reported that 8 out of 10 pregnant girls and adolescents drop out of school without completing primary education. The group between 9 and 14 years old is not included in this figure" (13).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In Peru, there are high rates of illiteracy, absenteeism and school dropout. Currently, of the total of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, 12.7% were already pregnant at some time. MINEDU reported that 8 out of 10 pregnant girls and adolescents drop out of school without completing primary education. The group between 9 and 14 years old is not included in this figure" (13).
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Stigma pushes many girls to skip school when menstruating" (para 9).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Stigma pushes many girls to skip school when menstruating" (para 9).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Ciudad Mujer programme, the Ministry of Education and the Honduras 20/20 scholarship programme are conducting formal education programmes in Ciudad Mujer centres in Tegucigalpa, Choloma and Juticalpa, and 700 women enrolled in 2020" (26). "With regard to paragraph 33 (b), on effective reporting mechanisms to ensure prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of sexual harassment and abuse of girls in schools, complaints are received and offences against children and adolescents are investigated through the Special Comprehensive Care Units of the Public Prosecution Service, either informally or as a result of direct complaints made by relatives, third parties or in coordination with schools and/or health centres. The Central Unit has a...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Ciudad Mujer programme, the Ministry of Education and the Honduras 20/20 scholarship programme are conducting formal education programmes in Ciudad Mujer centres in Tegucigalpa, Choloma and Juticalpa, and 700 women enrolled in 2020" (26). "With regard to paragraph 33 (b), on effective reporting mechanisms to ensure prosecution and punishment of perpetrators of sexual harassment and abuse of girls in schools, complaints are received and offences against children and adolescents are investigated through the Special Comprehensive Care Units of the Public Prosecution Service, either informally or as a result of direct complaints made by relatives, third parties or in coordination with schools and/or health centres. The Central Unit has a...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 7 p.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"It is important to note that our Maori families are mostly from rural areas, many of our children are not in school for lack of resources, children run away from home from lack of support, perhaps family violence, alcohol and drug use, sexual abuse within the family or community and run away to cities like Auckland to make money. But when they arrive, choices are limited, girls as young as 12 have no formal education, they are limited in what they can do. For some there are no choices. Here they may get mixed up with gangs, selling drugs, and prostitution" (para 9).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"It is important to note that our Maori families are mostly from rural areas, many of our children are not in school for lack of resources, children run away from home from lack of support, perhaps family violence, alcohol and drug use, sexual abuse within the family or community and run away to cities like Auckland to make money. But when they arrive, choices are limited, girls as young as 12 have no formal education, they are limited in what they can do. For some there are no choices. Here they may get mixed up with gangs, selling drugs, and prostitution" (para 9).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:32 p.m.
Countries: Malawi
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Catherine had dreams of becoming a teacher, but life took a different turn. She dropped out of secondary school when she became pregnant with her first child at 21. Two years later, she began the fish-selling business, she told Al Jazeera" (par. 12).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-5, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Catherine had dreams of becoming a teacher, but life took a different turn. She dropped out of secondary school when she became pregnant with her first child at 21. Two years later, she began the fish-selling business, she told Al Jazeera" (par. 12).
Jan. 10, 2025, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Many Somalis do not consider journalism an acceptable job for a woman, who they believe should stay at home to cook, clean and raise children" (par. 10). Societal beliefs that women should stay home could be a barrier for girls and women attending school (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Many Somalis do not consider journalism an acceptable job for a woman, who they believe should stay at home to cook, clean and raise children" (par. 10). Societal beliefs that women should stay home could be a barrier for girls and women attending school (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The ratio of girls to boys in primary and basic education shows that girls are less likely to enrol in lower secondary school (grades 1–9) than boys. However, girls are more likely to be enrolled in upper secondary education (grades 10–11), while boys drop out after grade. That is due to the increase in the number of young people who are forced to enter a profession at an earlier age for financial reasons. Some young people move on to vocational schools, secondary vocational schools or short-term courses that prepare them for entering the labour market as soon as possible" (23).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The ratio of girls to boys in primary and basic education shows that girls are less likely to enrol in lower secondary school (grades 1–9) than boys. However, girls are more likely to be enrolled in upper secondary education (grades 10–11), while boys drop out after grade. That is due to the increase in the number of young people who are forced to enter a profession at an earlier age for financial reasons. Some young people move on to vocational schools, secondary vocational schools or short-term courses that prepare them for entering the labour market as soon as possible" (23).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"She figures she was about 14 on her wedding day. It was two years after she dropped out of her village school so her parents could take her to the sugar fields" (para 62).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"She figures she was about 14 on her wedding day. It was two years after she dropped out of her village school so her parents could take her to the sugar fields" (para 62).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Another woman says that sending a young girl to school is expensive, whereas suitors pay substantial bride prices. Most are concerned that their daughters will meet boys who will get them into trouble. Several mention drugs" (para 2-3). "'But it is too hard to afford school and to feed them.' The average person in Niger earns less than £430 a year, making it one of the world’s poorest countries. Poverty is the main reason Niger tops the charts for child marriage, says Abdou Mato, the head of Agir Plus" (para 13-14).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Another woman says that sending a young girl to school is expensive, whereas suitors pay substantial bride prices. Most are concerned that their daughters will meet boys who will get them into trouble. Several mention drugs" (para 2-3). "'But it is too hard to afford school and to feed them.' The average person in Niger earns less than £430 a year, making it one of the world’s poorest countries. Poverty is the main reason Niger tops the charts for child marriage, says Abdou Mato, the head of Agir Plus" (para 13-14).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:18 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"At the same time, her daughter should not be 'very well educated,' she told me. 'If she will get her level a little higher, finding a boy will be a problem.' Besides, Preeti told me anxiously, a husband might feel threatened by a brainy bride, risking 'ego issues' and hostility: 'I don’t want her to face problems'" (para 47).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"At the same time, her daughter should not be 'very well educated,' she told me. 'If she will get her level a little higher, finding a boy will be a problem.' Besides, Preeti told me anxiously, a husband might feel threatened by a brainy bride, risking 'ego issues' and hostility: 'I don’t want her to face problems'" (para 47).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• School for successful women" (p. 7-8). "With the assistance of UN-Women, a gender analysis of the budget of the Ministry of Education and Science was conducted and the piloting of gender-sensitive budgeting began...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"In order to improve the knowledge and skills of civil servants on issues of gender equality, prevent domestic violence, increase the participation of women in public administration and the civil service, and promote the active participation of women in elections, the Academy of Public Administration has developed and, taking into account the positions and functional duties of trainees, has added the following subjects to civil service capacity-building programmes and other training courses for civil servants:. . .• School for successful women" (p. 7-8). "With the assistance of UN-Women, a gender analysis of the budget of the Ministry of Education and Science was conducted and the piloting of gender-sensitive budgeting began...more
Jan. 4, 2025, 11:31 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Huang emerged as an important activist in China’s burgeoning #MeToo movement in early 2018, when she created a social media platform for reporting sexual harassment. She organized and published surveys that found it to be rampant in universities and workplaces" (para 6).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Huang emerged as an important activist in China’s burgeoning #MeToo movement in early 2018, when she created a social media platform for reporting sexual harassment. She organized and published surveys that found it to be rampant in universities and workplaces" (para 6).
Jan. 3, 2025, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Madeline Szoo grew up listening to her grandmother talk of being laughed at when she spoke of going to college and becoming an accountant. 'No one will trust a woman with their money,' relatives and friends would scoff. When Szoo excelled at math in high school, she got her share of ridicule too — though it was slightly subtler. 'I was told a lot, 'You're smart for a girl,'' she said. 'I knew other girls in my classes who weren't able to move past that.' But Szoo had no doubt she would go to college, and she's now a student at Northeastern University, studying chemical engineering and biochemistry. She plans...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Madeline Szoo grew up listening to her grandmother talk of being laughed at when she spoke of going to college and becoming an accountant. 'No one will trust a woman with their money,' relatives and friends would scoff. When Szoo excelled at math in high school, she got her share of ridicule too — though it was slightly subtler. 'I was told a lot, 'You're smart for a girl,'' she said. 'I knew other girls in my classes who weren't able to move past that.' But Szoo had no doubt she would go to college, and she's now a student at Northeastern University, studying chemical engineering and biochemistry. She plans...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:32 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Barrie said that her family had begun pressuring her to marry when she was 10, and that she was disowned by her father when she was 15 for refusing. She said that she had worried that she would have to drop out of school. 'We have less educated women because of all of this,' she said" (para 13-14). "President Julius Maada Bio put 22 percent of the national budget into education and brought more women into government. He and his wife, Fatima Bio, pushed for the child marriage ban" (para 20).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Barrie said that her family had begun pressuring her to marry when she was 10, and that she was disowned by her father when she was 15 for refusing. She said that she had worried that she would have to drop out of school. 'We have less educated women because of all of this,' she said" (para 13-14). "President Julius Maada Bio put 22 percent of the national budget into education and brought more women into government. He and his wife, Fatima Bio, pushed for the child marriage ban" (para 20).
Dec. 9, 2024, 1:35 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"But in 2014, Esther’s grade six teacher announced that students would need to bring in their birth certificates to register for national examinations. The seemingly minor requirement morphed into an obstacle that would later push Esther out of education altogether" (par. 4). "Esther was repeatedly sent home for not producing the document and as she watched her mother’s failed efforts and their financial situation become more precarious, she became dispirited. 'I didn’t see the point of staying in school if I wouldn’t be able to take [the exams]. I felt there wasn’t a path forward for me there,' she says" (par. 7-8). "While schools are legally obliged to investigate the...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"But in 2014, Esther’s grade six teacher announced that students would need to bring in their birth certificates to register for national examinations. The seemingly minor requirement morphed into an obstacle that would later push Esther out of education altogether" (par. 4). "Esther was repeatedly sent home for not producing the document and as she watched her mother’s failed efforts and their financial situation become more precarious, she became dispirited. 'I didn’t see the point of staying in school if I wouldn’t be able to take [the exams]. I felt there wasn’t a path forward for me there,' she says" (par. 7-8). "While schools are legally obliged to investigate the...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:42 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of girls were out of school before the Taliban takeover for cultural and other reasons. Child marriage, violence and abuse were widespread" (para 10).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Millions of girls were out of school before the Taliban takeover for cultural and other reasons. Child marriage, violence and abuse were widespread" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:21 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"'In Trinidad, people use you being a single mother to bash you. Teri couldn’t go to school no more. She was in a lower level school so they don’t care. Girl gets pregnant, she has to leave'" (para 48).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"'In Trinidad, people use you being a single mother to bash you. Teri couldn’t go to school no more. She was in a lower level school so they don’t care. Girl gets pregnant, she has to leave'" (para 48).
Dec. 6, 2024, 3:58 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target. 'Most children drop out of school when their mothers cannot always escort them. Other mothers, out of fear, stop sending their girls to school,' says Christine Akello, from the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers in Karamoja. It is why Gloria Nakong became a home-help when she...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The walk to school can be dangerous in Karamoja. In this region of north-east Uganda, one of the poorest in the east African country, marriages can begin with a man abducting a woman, raping her and keeping her captive at his house until it is unacceptable for her to return to the life she had. Girls on their way to school are a target. 'Most children drop out of school when their mothers cannot always escort them. Other mothers, out of fear, stop sending their girls to school,' says Christine Akello, from the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers in Karamoja. It is why Gloria Nakong became a home-help when she...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1, AFE-DATA-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency. UNICEF cited teenage pregnancy and early marriage as key factors preventing girls completing high school and pursuing careers" (para 11).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1, AFE-DATA-1
"More girls than boys complete elementary school in Zimbabwe but one in three women were married before they reached 18, according to the United Nations children’s agency. UNICEF cited teenage pregnancy and early marriage as key factors preventing girls completing high school and pursuing careers" (para 11).
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the central role that gender equality has in the national primary and secondary education curricula for social studies; however, it notes with concern...reports of bullying of girls in school environments, including via social media...The Committee notes with concern that the provisions of the Integration Act on the admission of adult immigrants to vocational and university studies are primarily targeted at candidates who have already completed lower secondary education and who need support in completing upper secondary education and not at those with a lower educational background, notably those who have not completed lower secondary education, who will predominantly be women" (10).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the central role that gender equality has in the national primary and secondary education curricula for social studies; however, it notes with concern...reports of bullying of girls in school environments, including via social media...The Committee notes with concern that the provisions of the Integration Act on the admission of adult immigrants to vocational and university studies are primarily targeted at candidates who have already completed lower secondary education and who need support in completing upper secondary education and not at those with a lower educational background, notably those who have not completed lower secondary education, who will predominantly be women" (10).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:26 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic said the Women’s Rights Foundation has been receiving reports on young girls “disappearing” from classrooms" (para 11). Girls in Middle Eastern communities are disappearing as they are being taken in child marriage (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic said the Women’s Rights Foundation has been receiving reports on young girls “disappearing” from classrooms" (para 11). Girls in Middle Eastern communities are disappearing as they are being taken in child marriage (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:04 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said the security agencies had been unable to identify the perpetrators, while the ministry of health had yet to determine the nature of the poison being used" (Para 3).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said the security agencies had been unable to identify the perpetrators, while the ministry of health had yet to determine the nature of the poison being used" (Para 3).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:56 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Organised by Pregnant Then Screwed, similar marches took place across 11 cities on Saturday, all calling for reforms to the childcare sector" (para 5). Pregnant Then Screwed is a charity by women for women in the UK who are suffering from the 'motherhood penalty', from being fired to having to drop out of school (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Organised by Pregnant Then Screwed, similar marches took place across 11 cities on Saturday, all calling for reforms to the childcare sector" (para 5). Pregnant Then Screwed is a charity by women for women in the UK who are suffering from the 'motherhood penalty', from being fired to having to drop out of school (MB-CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee recommends that the State party...develop policies and programmes designed to ensure that women benefit from the economic development of the State party and to mitigate the negative impact of the shrinking and ageing of the population, including by creating more job and entrepreneurship opportunities and improving access to higher education, information and communications technology and subsidized transportation for rural and older women, and ensure that they are involved in the design of those policies and programmes, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women" (13). "Roma women and women from other ethnic minorities face multiple forms of discrimination in access...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee recommends that the State party...develop policies and programmes designed to ensure that women benefit from the economic development of the State party and to mitigate the negative impact of the shrinking and ageing of the population, including by creating more job and entrepreneurship opportunities and improving access to higher education, information and communications technology and subsidized transportation for rural and older women, and ensure that they are involved in the design of those policies and programmes, in line with the Committee’s general recommendation No. 34 (2016) on the rights of rural women" (13). "Roma women and women from other ethnic minorities face multiple forms of discrimination in access...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the efforts by the State party to combat discriminatory gender stereotypes in education to encourage the diversification of the educational choices of boys and girls, including the training of almost 4,000 educators on gender equality principles...The Committee recommends that the State party...strengthen the implementation of measures to address stereotypes in the education system, including in school curricula, and conduct a study on the impact of the 2015 amendments to the Education Law and provide information on the results thereof in its next periodic report" (7). "The Committee welcomes the comprehensive education reform to develop new, competency-based education content that includes respect for gender equality pursuant to the...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the efforts by the State party to combat discriminatory gender stereotypes in education to encourage the diversification of the educational choices of boys and girls, including the training of almost 4,000 educators on gender equality principles...The Committee recommends that the State party...strengthen the implementation of measures to address stereotypes in the education system, including in school curricula, and conduct a study on the impact of the 2015 amendments to the Education Law and provide information on the results thereof in its next periodic report" (7). "The Committee welcomes the comprehensive education reform to develop new, competency-based education content that includes respect for gender equality pursuant to the...more
Nov. 1, 2024, 10:37 a.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Ahfad University for Women – a private, non-sectarian university in Omdurnam, close to the capital Khartoum – was founded in 1966, with the aim of raising generations of women to assume social leadership.The university has more than 5,000 students and offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees to PhD level. As its website states: 'The university’s philosophy is to prepare women to assume greater roles in their families and communities, and in the nation as a whole. To that end, the university enrols women from all over Sudan and prepares them to be proactive change agents and leaders'" (para 18-20).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The Ahfad University for Women – a private, non-sectarian university in Omdurnam, close to the capital Khartoum – was founded in 1966, with the aim of raising generations of women to assume social leadership.The university has more than 5,000 students and offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees to PhD level. As its website states: 'The university’s philosophy is to prepare women to assume greater roles in their families and communities, and in the nation as a whole. To that end, the university enrols women from all over Sudan and prepares them to be proactive change agents and leaders'" (para 18-20).
Oct. 22, 2024, 11:02 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were not happy about it. They were also concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts as there were not enough buildings available to accommodate all the students at once" (para 1-2). "The education system had already been affected by a...more
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Coming home late in the evening as a young girl in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, Zainab, then 15, feared each day could be the last time she could go to school. Living in a conservative district in Basra province, where females out alone in the evening are frowned upon, Zainab’s family were not happy about it. They were also concerned about her safety. Her school, like many in Iraq, had been forced to divide and rotate pupils into morning, afternoon and evening shifts as there were not enough buildings available to accommodate all the students at once" (para 1-2). "The education system had already been affected by a...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:21 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said the security agencies had been unable to identify the perpetrators, while the ministry of health had yet to determine the nature of the poison being used" (Para 3).
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"The latest threatened clampdown comes as girls in secondary schools in Tehran, Karaj and other cities continue to report poison attacks. At least nine schools were reported to have been attacked on Sunday. According to the Iranian MP Mohammad Hassan Asefari, a government fact-finding committee said the security agencies had been unable to identify the perpetrators, while the ministry of health had yet to determine the nature of the poison being used" (Para 3).
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:02 p.m.
Countries: Malta
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic said the Women’s Rights Foundation has been receiving reports on young girls “disappearing” from classrooms" (para 11). Girls in Middle Eastern communities are disappearing as they are being taken in child marriage (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Activist and lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic said the Women’s Rights Foundation has been receiving reports on young girls “disappearing” from classrooms" (para 11). Girls in Middle Eastern communities are disappearing as they are being taken in child marriage (CEC - CODER COMMENT).