Ashbury College: Afghan Woman

Rights Of Women Dept: Roya Shams, accepted at Ottawa s Ashbury College, is an example of Afghanistan s future and Canada should be doing everything it can to help her achieve that goal, said Hel ne Laverdi re, according to The Star. In Afghanistan we talk a lot about the rights of women and now we have this young woman who has been accepted in a prestigious Ottawa college who may not be able to go , she said in an interview and oTTAWA An NDP MP is urging the federal immigration department to fast track the study permit of a young Afghan woman who has been accepted to an Ottawa private school. She s a kind of symbol for me, a kind of symbol of the Afghanistan we re hoping for education, women being involved in society, Laverdi re said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.