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"Geneva/Rwanda – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is
supporting the relocation of Afghan girls to Rwanda to continue their
education, following the decision by the de facto authorities to ban women and
girls from secondary and tertiary education in Afghanistan.
The girls are among the first overseas students to be admitted to the School of
Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA), an Afghan all-girls boarding school originally
based in Kabul, before it was forced to relocate to Rwanda following the ban.
As the first and only school of its kind, SOLA provides a safe space for Afghan
girls to receive a secondary level education, with a vision of creating a
generation of female leaders.
“The dedication and strength of Afghan women and girls in the face of such
adversity inspires and humbles us every day,” says IOM Director General António
Vitorino.
“This initiative fills me with hope and resolve to continue our advocacy
alongside women and girls in the country, for an Afghanistan that acknowledges,
promotes, and builds on the contributions of its women, and invests in its
girls.”
The arrival of the girls in Rwanda follows an agreement between IOM and SOLA to
assist with safe travel arrangements and relocation of its students - already
outside Afghanistan - from their current countries of residence to the SOLA
campus in Rwanda."
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