We do not have a good social and educational life: my daughters are at home, and I am not allowed to teach. We are deprived of our legal rights.
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ATROAfghan Teachers' Rights Observatory
Testimony
Zuhal was a female teacher for 10 years in a girls’ school in Kabul
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