Despite residing underneath the Taliban’s grip, 4 Afghan girls have won scholarships to check at Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. The ladies had been chosen based on their academic information, and determination to advertise women’s participation in Afghan society. The executive director of the Thai Pipe Industry told the Bangkok Post the ladies will be function models and mentors to girls of their fields in Afghanistan, and around the globe. The government director mentioned the scholarships will change lives.
“… the life of the scholarship recipients, the lives of the individuals in their households, and finally the lives of other folks in society”.
The president of AIT said the college needed to assist the women when it heard they confronted challenges getting a better schooling. She mentioned AIT was able to find donors for the scholarships who also cared about the women’s futures. AIT awarded them the scholarships on International Women’s Day this week.
The Thai Pipe Industry, Osotpa Public Co, and the CEO of Christiani Nielson Energy Solutions, are sponsoring the scholarships.
Since seizing energy of Afghanistan in August last yr, the Taliban has halted two critical a long time of progress for women’s rights in Afghanistan. The Taliban stated at first that they’d permit ladies to go to excessive school. While Steal for ladies reopened, very few schools for older ladies did..