Item Summary

"In this report, Sharif Akram draws on interviews with teachers, parents, and learners in Loya Paktia and conservative areas of the southeast and central Afghanistan to explore whether radio-based education can bridge the gap to enable girls to learn. He explores both the opportunities and limits of this approach, finding it reshaping attitudes towards education for girls in conservative communities, but also asking whether it can sustain learning at scale. In the face of the Islamic Emirate’s ban on secondary school education for girls, he asks: Can education by radio ever be a substitute for regular schooling?"

Descriptive Information

Title
Bridging the Divide? : Radio Learning and Girls Education in Rural Afghanistan
Sort Title
bridging the divide? : radio learning and girls education in rural afghanistan
Creator of work
Akram, Sharif
Contributor
Shapour, Roxanna
Reid, Rachel
Clark, Kate
Publisher
Afghanistan Analysts Network, Kabul, 2026
Language
English
Date Created
2026
Format
Reports
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated

Discovery Information

Subject
Education
Education, Rural
Gender and sexuality
Sex discrimination
Women--Education
Geographic Subject
Afghanistan
Keywords
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Geographic Origin
Afghanistan

Physical Characteristics

Height
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Width
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Page Count
(40 pages) : color illustrations, charts
File Count
40

Institutional Information

Collection
Born Digital Monographic Reports and Papers
Box number
Monographic Reports and Papers (Publicly Accessible)
Folder number
a2d75264-7566-4503-a483-925ace64464c
Barcode
a2d75264-7566-4503-a483-925ace64464c
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