Women's Literacy Classes in Malistan DistrictAn estimated 79% of Afghan women and girls cannot read and write, but for the Hazara ethnic communities in the central highlands, literacy for women and the education of was common before the Taliban. In early 2002, at a community meeting organized by Future Generations in Jaghori District of Ghazni Province, the local leaders chose literacy for women as one of their initial work plan projects.
