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Since it swept back to power in 2021, the Taliban has systematically stripped women and girls of their fundamental rights by passing laws that restrict access to education, work and freedoms of ...
The 27-year-old was evacuated from Pakistan at 15 after being shot in the head by a Pakistan Taliban gunman who targeted her for speaking out about girls' education. Malala: I never imagined women ...
The Taliban have eliminated subjects like art, sports, English and civic education. “The Taliban are causing irreversible damage to the Afghan education system for boys as well as girls,” said ...
The Taliban claimed to recognise their Islamic duty to offer education to both boys and girls, yet a decree was passed that banned girls above the age of 8 from receiving education. Maulvi Kalamadin insisted it was only a temporary suspension and that women would return to school and work once facilities and street security were adapted to ...
[10] [11] In 2023, the Taliban arrested female education campaigner Matiullah Wesa after he traveled to remote parts of the country to improve access to education for all children. The Taliban previously arrested another outspoken critic of the ban on women's education Ismail Mashal in February, but he was released from custody on March 5. [60]
Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and ...
The 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan promised equal rights for men and women, including women being permitted to work outside the home, to engage in political activity, and a requirement for each political party to nominate a certain number of female candidates. During the first period of Taliban rule, women had virtually all their rights taken ...
The U.S. government has condemned the Taliban for ordering the suspension of medical education for women and girls in Afghanistan. U.S., and some Taliban, condemn move to suspend medical education ...