{"id":11800,"date":"2024-05-10T02:28:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T02:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=11800"},"modified":"2024-05-10T02:28:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T02:28:52","slug":"unicef-condemns-attack-on-girls-school-in-north-waziristan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=11800","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF condemns attack on girls\u2019 school in North Waziristan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"11801\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FB_IMG_1623731165041.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FB_IMG_1623731165041.jpg 800w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FB_IMG_1623731165041-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FB_IMG_1623731165041-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FB_IMG_1623731165041-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD \u2013 The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemns the attack on a girls\u2019 school in Shiwah Tehsil of North Waziristan, calling it a despicable and cowardly act that could jeopardise the future of many young and talented girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explosives used in the attack caused serious damage to the structure of the school, reportedly the only for girls in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile only yesterday, Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, declared an education emergency in the country pledging to work towards enrolling 26m out-of-school children in the country, destruction of a girls\u2019 school in a remote and underserved area is a heinous crime detrimental to national progress,\u201d said Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchools must always remain safe learning environments to protect the growth and healthy development of children, adolescents and young people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNICEF and other development partners to the Government of Pakistan, stand committed to uphold and deliver education as the fundamental right of all children, boys and girls, everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD \u2013 The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemns the attack on a girls\u2019 school in Shiwah Tehsil of North Waziristan, calling it a despicable and cowardly act that&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,5],"tags":[569,634],"class_list":["post-11800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-national","tag-kpk-government","tag-unicef-representative-in-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11802,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11800\/revisions\/11802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}