'These policies are a systematic attempt to erase women and girls from all spheres of social, economic, political and public life,' Britain's Ambassador to the UN, Dame Barbara Woodward, said
from middle school and high school, restricted women from most employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.
On Tuesday, a letter shared by the spokesman for the higher education ministry, Ziaullah Hashmi, instructed private and public universities to impose a ban on women as soon as possible and to inform the ministry once the ban is in place. Women hold placards during a protest calling for their rights to be recognised in Kabul on 24 November, 2022
The university ban comes weeks after Afghan girls took their high school graduation exams, even though they have beenForeign governments, including the United States, have previously ruled out formally recognising the Taliban-run administration, which is also subject to heavy sanctions, unless“The Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans, especially the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls,” US...
Britain’s Ambassador to the UN, Dame Barbara Woodward, said: “The Taliban continue to fail to live up to their commitments to the Afghan people. Repression of human rights is widespread; there are reports of honour killings, child marriage, and floggings and executions have returned.
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