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EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK 2010 - UNESCO
REPORT
Direct Link to Full 243-Page Report:
The number of politically and
ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is
rising, says the report “Education Under Attack 2010”, launched by UNESCO on 10
February. These attacks are perpetrated by non-state armed groups and state
actors alike. “Education under Attack 2010” is the second report on
the subject. The first was published in 2007.
INTRODUCTION Excerpts:
"On 12
November 2008 in southern Afghanistan, two motorcyclists rode up to a group of
15 girls and female teachers walking and chatting on their way to Mirwais Nika
Girls High School in Kandahar.....The attack left at least one girl blinded,
two permanently disfigured, and two others seriously hurt.....The incident was
covered prominently in the pages of the international press and stirred world
opinion. It showed that the issue of attacks on education has lost none of its
ability to provoke shock at the lengths to which armed groups, armed forces,
and political elements are prepared to go to further their political
aims....."
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