Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s
education – or divesting – can do to an economy
Twenty years after the first ban on women’s education
ended, the Taliban resumed power in 2021 and has once again banned girls and
women from attending school after the sixth grade.
The economic cost could potentially reach over a
billion dollars – and this doesn’t include the wider social costs associated
with lower levels of education for women.
The Mis-Education of Women in Afghanistan: From
Wage Premiums to Economic Losses