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Afghan women's education project

Project Active from 1 Feb 2025 to 1 Jul 2025 Sustainable Growth, State Effectiveness and State Fragility initiative

In Afghanistan, severe gender oppression and low literacy rates hinder women's role in household and community decisions. This project adapts a mobile intervention (ConnectEd) to explore whether providing foundational literacy and numeracy to Afghan women who can no longer attend school enhances their agency and resilience against economic shocks.

Researchers

Michael Callen

Associate Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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