Education
Orphaned Hazara children attend a preschool program supported by a non-profit organization (Center of Bamyan, Afghanistan, April 2021).
Photo by Sabira Madady
Mix-gender classes were common before the Taliban took over Afghanistan.
In this photo a group of female and male students walk back to their homes after classes on a snowy day.
(Shibar district, Bamyan, December 2019)
Photo by Sabira Madady
Bamyan University was one of the leading public universities in the central highland of Afghanistan. It was established in the mid-1990s but closed after a few short years when the Taliban took over Bamyan. The university was refurbished and reopened in 2004 following the ouster of the Taliban three years earlier. It offered educational access to thousands of students, female and male, from different parts of Afghanistan until the Taliban returned to power in August of 2021 and placed restrictions on the education of girls and women.
In this photo, Bamyan University Students sit for final exams during construction activity. (Bamyan province, Afghanistan, April 2021)
Photo by Sabira Madady