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Tackling social norms, such as negative attitudes to girls attending school, will have the greatest long-term impact on gender equality, says DFID. 

The current peace deal being brokered between the Taliban and the US risks setting women’s rights and security back many years by not making assurances to protect women’s employment, education and participation in government, Christian Aid is warning.

Local women must no longer be excluded from decision-making in the responses to humanitarian emergencies, particularly when they are the ones most vulnerable in these crises, Christian Aid’s CEO has said.

Two independent faith schools which segregate children by sex and one which encourages girls to enter "caring professions" have been warned by the government.