Learner in Afghanistan reaches beyond barriers to pursue career in data science
<p>Tahmina S. was a junior studying computer engineering at a top university in Afghanistan when a new government policy banned women from pursuing education. In August 2021, the Taliban prohibited girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade. While women were initially allowed to continue to attend universities, by October 2021, an order from the Ministry of Higher Education declared that all women in Afghanistan were suspended from attending public and private centers of higher education.</p>
<p>Determined to continue her studies and pursue her ambitions, Tahmina found the <a href="https://react.mit.edu/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">MIT Refugee Action Hub</a> (ReACT) and was accepted to its Certificate in Computer Science and Data Science program in 2022.</p>
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