From the series: Were Afghan Women to Unveil Their Tales by Valentina Sinis. Second finalist 2025 © the artist. Caption: A group of young girls in an elementary school classroom. Since August 2021, the Taliban have methodically stripped women and girls of their access to education in Afghanistan, imposing increasingly severe restrictions. The ban on girls attending secondary schools was implemented in March 2022, followed by a suspension from universities in December of the same year. By January 2023, the Taliban intensified their oppressive measures by forbidding girls from taking university entrance exams, effectively reversing any progress that had been made, including instances in some provinces where girls had higher examination participation rates than boys.
Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 30th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices, and/or human rights abuses, or the situations that either foster or fight them.
The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations.
To find out more and submit please go to the direct link.
