The Taliban swept back to power in 2021, and since then, numerous restrictions have been placed on women, including the university ban.
In Afghanistan, institutions have slowly resumed classes after a winter vacation, but the Taliban government continues to forbid women from attending. Since the Taliban retook control in August 2021, numerous limitations have been placed on women, and the university ban is just one of them. All throughout the world, this has generated a stir.
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Background
Rahela, 22, from the central province of Ghor, described how it was distressing to see men attending college while she and her family had to stay at home. We are being discriminated against because we have access to higher education because of Islam, she continued. We shouldn’t let anyone stop us from learning.”
The Taliban administration enforced the restriction, claiming that female students disregarded a stringent dress code and the necessity of being escorted to and from university by a male relative. The majority of colleges and universities had already established gender-specific hallways, lecture halls, and rules limiting the teaching of female students to older women or female professors.
“It hurts to see so many girls nowadays being denied an education,” computer science student Mohammad Haseeb Habibzadah from Herat University said. We are seeking to resolve this issue by talking with professors and other students in order to establish a solution where boys and girls may learn and advance together.
Recent happenings
A few more Taliban leaders claim that the restriction on women attending schools is just temporary, but despite their assurances, they have not allowed the closure of secondary schools for girls for more than a year. They have provided a long range of excuses for the closure, citing everything from a lack of funding to the time needed to restructure the curriculum in line with Islamic teachings.
Many such Taliban officials claim that the religious experts who counsel Afghanistan’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, have a fundamental mistrust of contemporary education for women.
After regaining power, Taliban leaders have successfully kept women out of public life. Several government jobs for women have been eliminated, or they are paid a small portion of their previous income to stay at home. They are required to cover themselves in public and are not allowed in parks, festivals, gyms, or public bathhouses.
Earlier on Monday, the rights organization Amnesty International urged the UN Human Rights Council to take action against the Taliban’s “relentless abuses,” which included severe limitations on women’s rights and freedom of speech.
Conclusion
Agnès Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, stated that “the human rights situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating and the Taliban’s merciless violations continue every single day. It is clear that the Taliban are unable or unwilling to investigate behavior by its members that flagrantly violates the human rights of the Afghan populace, she continued.
The international community has raised the right to education for women as a controversial topic in debates regarding support and recognition for the Taliban administration. As the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban have not yet been formally acknowledged by any country.
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