Afghans, particularly women, have been vocal in dissenting against the Taliban’s policies that, so far, have kept them out of consideration for equal participation in public life.
“Afghanistan national (TV) will not broadcast the @IPL as usual as it was reportedly banned to live the matches resumed tonight due to possible anti-islam contents, girls dancing & the attendance of barred (sic) hair women in the (stadium) by Islamic Emirates of the Taliban.”
As per reports, some schools have managed to operate lately where girls up to Class 6 and attended classed and some women have been able to go to universities but high schools have not seen female students.
The new sign on the former women’s ministry read “Ministries of Prayer and Guidance and Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”,
Taliban bans for women indicate a massive pushback on human rights and raise concerns of a crisis where sports, politics, art, even free movement is restricted for women.
A bunch of pro-Taliban women assembled at Kabul University to listen to and give speeches in support of the new regime and its policies.
Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Taliban rule said the group should rule by real sharia law, which includes women’s rights. She recently said the world was watching Afghanistan.
Sports ban on Afghan women citing media exposure. This is one among many restrictions, as for working women and political participation, that Taliban have imposed.
All you should know about who is Christine Fair and why her interview with the BBC has sparked furore on the internet over the Afghanistan issue.
Afghanistan university students face spate of orders that prevent intermingling of opposite genders on campus. They are to be taught separately or be divided by curtains.
