Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

I trhink it's a great story but I wish I knew more - like, where it's based, and whether the Woman Online University is actually very accessible in Afghanistan. Here's the gist: "Amid sweeping restrictions on women's education under Taliban rule, a group of former university professors in Afghanistan has launched an all-women online university, offering a rare educational lifeline to thousands of girls barred from attending universities." Read more from this recent press release. I've seen it referenced in a few places recently, including this Mastodon thread that also recognizes the "vast number of people for whom internet is not a thing always on and in the pocket" raising the need for projects like those listed in Offline Internet.

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