However, despite these guarantees, major obstacles restrict access to education for many people in Afghanistan.

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Although there has been progress in reducing gender disparity, girls still face major obstacles gaining access to school.

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Issues to be considered include financial obstacles to access and progression, the role of work experience and internships, recruitment practices and what can be done to encourage new applicants for certain jobs.

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Look at the fun Microsoft is having over YouTube and Gmail support in Windows Phone because Google is putting up obstacles to open access to these web enabled services.

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At a moment inconvenient to the United States, such access could translate into physical or other obstacles to our use of such waterways.

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Obstacles remain even to universal mobile access, and beyond that to universal internet access.

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Two obstacles cited in general were the cost of internet access and limited access to training on website production, radio production, graphic illustration and design.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

The workshop (13-14 December 2004) aimed to give participants an overview and degree of familiarity about the digital frontier, orient participants on techniques, issues and technology for digitizing and increasing access of their AV materials, and provide a venue to define or describe issues, obstacles and alternatives regarding digitization in the Asian context.

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