Afghanistan vs Maldives
Side-by-side comparison of how these places approach childhood.
Afghanistan
Since 2021, Afghan girls over 12 are banned from attending school.
The Taliban's return ended two decades of progress in girls' education, affecting 1.4 million secondary-school girls.
Maldives
Maldivian children grow up on islands averaging just 1.5 meters above sea level.
Climate change makes the Maldives the world's most vulnerable nation โ children here face the prospect of losing their homeland to rising seas.
Afghanistan
Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, girls above grade 6 are banned from school and women from universities. Boys' education continues but with revised curriculum emphasizing religious studies. Before 2021, enrollment had risen from near-zero for girls to 3.5 million.
Maldives
Maldives follows the British system with primary, lower secondary, and higher secondary stages. Dhivehi is the native language, but English is the medium of instruction from grade 1. Islamic studies are compulsory. Education is free and compulsory from ages 6 to 16.
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