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Back to Exclusion: Education of Girls in Afghanistan after the U.S. Military Leaves?

Date: 
11/20/2013 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 
World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, One South Broad Street, Suite 2M,
Philadelphia, PA 19107
United States
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Website: 
http://wacphila.org/calendar/speakers_ev...

Hassina Sherjan is the founder and CEO of Aid Afghanistan for Education. An Afghan woman who left her country as a refugee in 1979, she returned to Afghanistan to establish underground classes for girls in 1999.

After the defeat of the Taliban, she participated in the reconstruction of the country, focusing on access to education for women and girls.

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Educational Events
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Education
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Cultural Exchange
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Violence Against Women
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Conflict/Violence
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Education Reform
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Youth
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Community Development
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Advocacy/Policy
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Civil Rights
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Democracy
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Community Development
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Economic Development
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Entrepreneurship
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Education
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International Relations
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Law/International Law
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Women / Gender
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Humanitarian Assistance/Foreign Aid
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Global Crisis
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Human Rights
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Immigration/Refugees
Global Region: 
Afghan

Afghanistan and Gender Equality: A Report from the Front Line Presented by Budd MacKenzie, Founder of Trust in Education

Date: 
11/20/2012 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: 
McNeil Building, Room 103, 3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA
United States
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Website: 
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/mec/events/201...

Budd MacKenzie, is the founder of Trust in Education (TIE), a grass roots, non-profit, secular, people to people organization, returned recently from his fifteenth trip to Afghanistan, taken over the past 8 years. TIE has helped educate thousands of Afghan children, over 50% of whom are girls. 

Event Type: 
Educational Events
Topic: 
Human Services
Topic: 
Education
Topic: 
Cultural Awareness
Global Region: 
Afghan