Women protest in Afghanistan against the yoke of the Taliban
- March 8, 2023
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Groups of women demonstrated in Afghanistan demanding lost rights and freedoms since the Taliban came to power more than a year and a half ago, a time during
Groups of women demonstrated in Afghanistan demanding lost rights and freedoms since the Taliban came to power more than a year and a half ago, a time during which, according to the UN, the radicals have tried to “Erasing” half of the population from public lifeagain demoted under the pretext of “Sharia” and Islamic law.
In Kabul, several women took to the streets on Tuesday, International Women’s Day, demanding “Work and Education” in accordance with News Tolo. Also on Monday it was gatherings at the gates of universitieswhich coincided with the resumption of activities now reserved for men.
Higher Education Minister Neda Mohamad Nadeem said women’s veto power at the university is only “temporary solution” and explained that all expelled teachers continue to receive their salaries in an attempt to justify some of the prejudices that also apply in secondary education or even in the workplace.
In the last quarter of 2022, the female employment rate decreased by 25 percent compared to a 7 percent drop in men, according to an International Labor Organization (ILO) study which warns that these statistics are not specific but note trend.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned this week that women “erased” directly from Afghan public life, be confined to the home and away from any decision-making body. The Taliban regime did not include women, despite the fact that it did after the withdrawal of international troops.
The United Nations condemned the “almost constant” issuance of discriminatory norms, to the extent that Afghanistan today “the country that most oppresses women’s rights in the world“, according to the head of the UN mission, Roza Otunbayeva.
“Locking half the population in their homes in one of the countries with the biggest humanitarian and economic crisis is colossal act of self-harm. This will doom not only women and girls, but all Afghans to poverty and dependency on aid for future generations,” Otunbayeva warned.
According to the UN, 13.8 million women and girls will need humanitarian assistance this year in Afghanistan under particularly difficult conditions, as the Taliban lack diplomatic relations with other countries and continue to be subject to sanctions by major Western blocs.
In fact, the European Union announced on Monday Sanctions against Afghan Minister Mohamed Khalid Hanafi for limiting the freedom of women and girls, limiting their freedom of expression and punishing those who do not comply with the decrees of the Taliban regime.
What international observers agree on, however, is to cover protests like those registered even on this day. UN Women Special Representative for Afghanistan Alison Davidian stressed in her statement that “Afghan women have shown incredible courage and resilience.”
(Information Europe Press)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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