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SUMMARY:Preventing Violent Attacks on Education in Afghanistan: Considerin
 g the Role of Community-Based Schools - Dana Burde\, Assistant Professor\,
  New York University
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CONTACT:Sharath Srinivasan
DESCRIPTION:In Afghanistan\, anti-government forces including the Taliban\
 , their allies\, common criminals and local warlords launch violent attack
 s against schools\, students\, teachers\, and administrators. Attacks incl
 ude bombing of buildings\, arson\, targeted killings\, and acid attacks pa
 rticularly on female students and teachers. Although data are difficult to
  collect and track\, the impact of these attacks is clear. Hundreds of tea
 chers and students have been killed\, and hundreds of schools have been fo
 rced to close. Girls are severely intimidated\, and in Zabul\, Uruzgan\, a
 nd Paktika Provinces the number of girls attending lower secondary school 
 has dropped to less than one percent. Attacks on schools\, students\, and 
 education personnel undermine security and serve as critical indicators of
  social instability. Yet official responses to the attacks on education in
  Afghanistan have been slow and lackluster. This paper draws on observatio
 nal data of community-based schools in Afghanistan to examine the types of
  violence that affects education in Afghanistan and to explore the ways in
  which community-based schools may be less vulnerable to these types of at
 tacks. I argue that community-based schools can help reduce the likelihood
  and frequency of ideological and criminal attacks on education that affec
 t both the demand and supply of education services. Community-based school
 s do this by eliminating the need for school buildings and reducing distan
 ce to school. I offer a summary of constraints and opportunities that thes
 e schools present.\n\nDana Burde is an assistant professor of internationa
 l education at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture\, Educat
 ion\, and Human Development\, an affiliated faculty of the Robert F. Wagne
 r School of Public Service\, and an affiliated research scholar at the Sal
 tzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. \n
LOCATION:Senior Common Room\, POLIS\, 17 Mill Lane\, Cambridge CB2 1RX
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