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3rd Wave: Call to Action
Initiative to Educate Afghan Women
3rd wave women, you can really help here by organizing to bring your college into this program.
Paula Nirschel founded the Initiative in 2002 after learning how Afghan women were kept hidden and denied education for the seven years of the Taliban’s reign over Afghanistan. Determined to make a difference, Paula started the program to offer education to some of the country’s highly motivated young women.
The IEAW works to secure four-year scholarships for Afghan women to study at American universities around the country.
All the students return home every summer to work for reconstruction and to help support their families. They commit to return to Afghanistan at the completion of their education, where we anticipate they will move into leadership roles, further reconstruction efforts and assist in improving the place of women in their society.
Foreign ExchangeWhy did Yale slam the door on Afghan women?
Friday, March 24, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
A statement from Yale University, defending its decision to admit former Taliban spokesman Ramatullah Hashemi, explained that he had "escaped the wreckage of Afghanistan." To anyone who is aware of the Taliban's barbaric treatment of the Afghan people, such words are offensive--as if Mr. Hashemi were not himself part of the wrecking crew. It is even more disturbing to learn that, while Mr. Hashemi sailed through Yale's admissions process, the school turned down the opportunity to enroll women who really did escape the wreckage of Afghanistan.
In 2002, Yale received a letter from Paula Nirschel, the founder of the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women. The purpose of the organization, begun in that year, was to match young women in post-Taliban Afghanistan to U.S. colleges, where they could pursue a degree. Ms. Nirschel asked Yale if it wanted to award a spot in its next entering class to an Afghan woman. Yale declined.
READ WHY HERE
3rd wave women, you can really help here by organizing to bring your college into this program.
Paula Nirschel founded the Initiative in 2002 after learning how Afghan women were kept hidden and denied education for the seven years of the Taliban’s reign over Afghanistan. Determined to make a difference, Paula started the program to offer education to some of the country’s highly motivated young women.
The IEAW works to secure four-year scholarships for Afghan women to study at American universities around the country.
All the students return home every summer to work for reconstruction and to help support their families. They commit to return to Afghanistan at the completion of their education, where we anticipate they will move into leadership roles, further reconstruction efforts and assist in improving the place of women in their society.
Foreign ExchangeWhy did Yale slam the door on Afghan women?
Friday, March 24, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
A statement from Yale University, defending its decision to admit former Taliban spokesman Ramatullah Hashemi, explained that he had "escaped the wreckage of Afghanistan." To anyone who is aware of the Taliban's barbaric treatment of the Afghan people, such words are offensive--as if Mr. Hashemi were not himself part of the wrecking crew. It is even more disturbing to learn that, while Mr. Hashemi sailed through Yale's admissions process, the school turned down the opportunity to enroll women who really did escape the wreckage of Afghanistan.
In 2002, Yale received a letter from Paula Nirschel, the founder of the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women. The purpose of the organization, begun in that year, was to match young women in post-Taliban Afghanistan to U.S. colleges, where they could pursue a degree. Ms. Nirschel asked Yale if it wanted to award a spot in its next entering class to an Afghan woman. Yale declined.
READ WHY HERE
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