'Avoid provocation when meeting men': Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa in public
2 years, 8 months ago

'Avoid provocation when meeting men': Taliban order Afghan women to wear all-covering burqa in public

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Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada’s decree also said that if women had no important work outside it was ‘better they stay at home’ Kabul: The Taliban on Saturday imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan’s women since seizing power, ordering them to wear the all-covering burqa in public. On Saturday, Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada announced a strict dress code for women when they are in public. Akhundzada’s decree also said that if women had no important work outside it was “better they stay at home”. Since their return to power, their feared Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued several “guidelines” on what women should wear but Saturday’s edict was the first such national order.

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Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home
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Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery The order applies to both new buildings and existing ones, according to …

Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home
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Taliban bans windows to stop women from being seen at home

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Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They are stopping women from seeing the world Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch The decree stipulates …

Taliban threaten to shut down NGOs that employ women
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Taliban threaten to shut down NGOs that employ women

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban have said they …

Afghanistan bans NGOs employing women, enforces window restrictions
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1 week, 3 days ago

Afghanistan bans NGOs employing women, enforces window restrictions

Deccan Chronicle  

The Taliban have announced that they will shut down all national and foreign nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan that employ women. In a letter published on X on Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with this latest order would result in NGOs losing their license to operate in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, the U.N. Security Council was …

Taliban Imposes New Restrictions On Residential Windows To Limit Visibility Of Women
1 week, 4 days ago

Taliban Imposes New Restrictions On Residential Windows To Limit Visibility Of Women

ABP News  

The Taliban has imposed further restrictions in Afghanistan and has now banned the construction of windows in certain parts of the residential buildings that overlook when Afghan women are present. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media platform X, that seeing women in kitchens, in courtyards or when collecting water can “lead to obscene acts”. “Seeing women working in …

Taliban orders construction ban on windows in buildings overlooking women's areas
1 week, 4 days ago

Taliban orders construction ban on windows in buildings overlooking women's areas

India Today  

The Taliban’s supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked. According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see “the courtyard, kitchen, neighbour’s …

Taliban's latest misogynistic diktat for NGOs in Afghanistan: Either stop employing women or face closure
1 week, 4 days ago

Taliban's latest misogynistic diktat for NGOs in Afghanistan: Either stop employing women or face closure

India TV News  

In what comes as a new diktat in Afghanistan, the Taliban has asked all national and foreign nongovernmental groups to stop employing women, threatening to close those which don't follow the latest orders. In a letter posted on social media, Afghanistan's economy ministry said that if NGOs fail to comply with the latest order, they will lose their license to …

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women
1 week, 4 days ago

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers say will close all NGOs employing women

Al Jazeera  

Ministry of Economy warns that any NGO that does not comply will have its activities suspended and its licence revoked. The Taliban government says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations employing women in Afghanistan. The directive came two years after the government told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly because they did not adhere …

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan
1 month ago

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is a list of activities from which Afghan …

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'
2 months ago

'Afghanistan is facing gender-based apartheid, world must come together to address it'

Firstpost  

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Afghan human rights activist Mahbouba Seraj narrates how the Taliban’s new ban has taken the country by surprise On October 26, the women in Afghanistan faced another brunt from the Taliban regime after they were barred from technically “hearing each other”. The Taliban’s Minister of Vice and Virtue, Khalid Hanafi, issued a new ban …

Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger
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Taliban’s ‘dystopian’ rules banning Afghan women from speaking in public spark anger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Taliban’s “dystopian” new laws …

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN envoy alarmed by Taliban's harsh new morality code for Afghan women. What does it say?

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan on Sunday expressed deep concern over the recent enactment of a stringent morality law by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban Virtue and Vice Ministry had on May 7, 2022, said women in public must wear all-encompassing robes and cover their faces except for their eyes. Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the …

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks
6 months, 1 week ago

Afghan women's rights an internal issue, says Taliban government before UN-led talks

India Today  

Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women's rights were "Afghanistan's issues" to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as "gender apartheid", will send its first delegation to the third …

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals
10 months ago

Afghan women stage rare protests, braving Taliban reprisals

Al Jazeera  

Small groups of Afghan women have gathered in private spaces to demand that harsh restrictions on their freedoms be lifted, despite recent Taliban crackdowns on protests that have seen activists detained. On Friday, Richard Bennett, the United Nations special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, called on the Taliban government “to immediately and unconditionally release all those who have been …

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says

The Hindu  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. Women said they increasingly fear going to public spaces owing to the threat arrest and the “long-lasting stigma and shame” associated with being taken into police custody. Heather …

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Afghan women feel scared or …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, says UN

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. A spokesman from the Vice and Virtue Ministry, the Taliban’s morality police that enforces such decrees, said it was “nonsense and untrue” that women are scared …

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians leave Afghan women scared to go out alone, U.N. says

LA Times  

Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their homes alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the United Nations mission in Afghanistan. The Taliban — which took over Afghanistan in 2021 during the final weeks of U.S. and NATO withdrawal from the country — have barred women from most …

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban enforcing restrictions on single Afghan women: U.N. report

The Hindu  

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a U.N. report published on January 22. In its latest quarterly report, covering October to December last year, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single or …

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban is enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women, UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a U.N report published Monday. The U.N. spokesman, asked for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ reaction to the latest bans, replied: “Horror!” Stephane Dujarric added: “It must be unimaginable to have to live through it.” …

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations
11 months, 4 weeks ago

UN concerned over Taliban arrests of Afghan women and girls for alleged Islamic headscarf violations

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said Thursday it was deeply concerned by recent arbitrary arrests and detentions by the Taliban government of women and girls for allegedly violating dress codes regarding the Islamic headscarf, or hijab. The Taliban said last week that female police officers have been taking women into custody for wearing “bad hijab.” It …

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values
1 year ago

Taliban arrests women for wearing 'bad hijab', says they violate Islamic values

Op India  

The Taliban arrested women in Kabul for wearing “bad hijab” as part of their efforts to reinforce Afghanistan’s severe female dress code regulations, a spokesman at the country’s vice and virtue ministry said on Thursday, January 4. Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power https://t.co/ttfn7mLHz2 — CTV News January 4, …

Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power
1 year ago

Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It’s the first official confirmation of a crackdown on women who don’t follow the dress code imposed by the Taliban since they returned to power in 2021 and has echoes with neighboring Iran, …

Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed
1 year, 4 months ago

Now, Taliban stops women from sightseeing: All ways Afghan women’s rights have been suppressed

Firstpost  

Since coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has made a number of moves to suppress the rights of Afghan women. Human Rights Watch’s Associate Women’s Rights Director Heather Barr called the decision to ban women “cruel in a very intentional way”. “Step by step the walls are closing in on women as every home becomes a prison.” …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Deccan Chronicle  

KABUL: Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars also agree …

Women 'lose value' if men glimpse their faces in public, says Taliban official
1 year, 4 months ago

Women 'lose value' if men glimpse their faces in public, says Taliban official

India Today  

Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars also agree that …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face covered when outside the home. “It is very bad to see women in some areas, and our scholars …

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

LA Times  

Molvi Mohammad Sadiq Akif, the spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Vice and Virtue, during an interview Thursday in Kabul, Afghanistan. Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Thursday, adding that religious scholars in the country agree that a woman must keep her face …

Afghan women take to streets to protest Taliban’s ban on beauty parlours
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan women take to streets to protest Taliban’s ban on beauty parlours

Live Mint  

Security officials in Kabul on Wednesday used force to disperse a group of Afghan women who were protesting against the Taliban's order to close down beauty parlours. As reported by AFP, the ban on beauty parlours is the latest measure imposed by the Taliban to restrict women's participation in public life. The recent order, issued last month, has compelled the …

Afghan women protest against Taliban's beauty parlour ban
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan women protest against Taliban's beauty parlour ban

India Today  

Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public. VIDEO: ðŸ‡æðŸ‡ë Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban A group of women protest in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut beauty parlours …

Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The Taliban are banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said on July 4. It's the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment. A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, didn't give details of …

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban leader claims women are provided with a ‘comfortable and prosperous life’ in Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work and girls’ education is severely curtailed. In his Eid message Akhundzada said that under the rule of the Islamic Emirate, concrete measures …

Single Afghan women, widows struggle to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions
1 year, 11 months ago

Single Afghan women, widows struggle to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions

The Hindu  

Jamila, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. The recent Taliban ban on women working in international and national organisations and women moving about public spaces has also affected women being able to find employment. The January 2023 high-level U.N. delegation led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed called on the Taliban …

Women's rights not priority, says Taliban month after education ban
1 year, 11 months ago

Women's rights not priority, says Taliban month after education ban

India Today  

The Taliban has said in a statement that overturning restrictions on women is not a priority for the administration in Afghanistan, days after denying there would be a permanent university education ban on women. READ | Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats The Taliban said on Saturday that it would not permit any act that violates …

UN Calls on Taliban to Drop Restrictions on Women
2 years ago

UN Calls on Taliban to Drop Restrictions on Women

News 18  

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk pointed to “terrible consequences” of a decision to bar women from working for non-governmental organizations. “No country can develop — indeed survive — socially and economically with half its …

UN official, Taliban minister meet on Afghan women NGO ban
2 years ago

UN official, Taliban minister meet on Afghan women NGO ban

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The top U.N. official in Kabul met with a Taliban government minister in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, following a decision by the country’s new rulers to bar women from working for non-governmental organizations, the U.N. mission said. The measure — the latest in restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan — was announced on Saturday by …

Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
2 years ago

Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs

The Hindu  

The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. Also Saturday, Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women in the western city of Herat, eyewitnesses said. Afghan women have …

Taliban orders NGOs to send women workers home
2 years ago

Taliban orders NGOs to send women workers home

Al Jazeera  

The ban comes days after the Taliban-run government ordered universities to suspend classes for women until further notice. So, obviously, comprehensive humanitarian aid and assistance to population cannot be delivered in situation that operating principles are violated.” Speaking to Reuters news agency, Alakbarov said contracted NGOs carried out most of the UN’s activities and that their work would be heavily …

Taliban fighters point guns at Afghan women, tell them to go home after university ban
2 years ago

Taliban fighters point guns at Afghan women, tell them to go home after university ban

India Today  

Taliban fighters are pointing guns at young Afghan women and telling them to go home after they enforced a country-wide university ban this week. pic.twitter.com/TawZk8iFE6 — Shabnam Nasimi December 22, 2022 Now, Taliban fighters are taking to the streets and pointing guns at young women and forcing them to walk back home from universities, The Independent reported. “A female student …

Taliban heap another injustice on women
2 years ago

Taliban heap another injustice on women

Hindustan Times  

If there is one demographic that has suffered the most brutal oppression since the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last year, it is women, with indignity and injustice heaped upon them, time after time. Soon after the chaotic American exit and the shock collapse of Kabul in September 2021, women were pushed out of government and public policy roles, …

Male Afghan students walk away from exam to protest Taliban's ban on women's education
2 years ago

Male Afghan students walk away from exam to protest Taliban's ban on women's education

India Today  

Male students at Afghanistan’s Nangarhar University walked away from their exams in a show of solidarity with the female students to protest the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education. The Taliban's higher education ministry ordered an indefinite ban on university education for women in Afghanistan in the latest crack down on women's rights and freedoms, drawing strong international condemnation. The announcement …

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights
2 years ago

Timeline: Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights

Al Jazeera  

Group has backtracked on promises to guarantee certain rights for girls and women since its return to power last year. May 2022: Stay at home Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada orders women on May 7 to fully cover themselves, including their faces, in public and generally stay at home. August 2022: Protests break out Taliban fighters beat women protesters chanting …

Taliban bans all women from university in Afghanistan
2 years ago

Taliban bans all women from university in Afghanistan

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Returning to power after 20 years, the hardline clerical regime sought to insist that it would …

Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan
2 years ago

Taliban says women banned from universities in Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

The US and UK criticised the ban, which the Taliban says preserves ‘national interest’ and women’s ‘honour’. ‘Feeling this pain’ The Taliban has defended its decision, saying such restrictions have been done to preserve “national interest” and women’s “honour”. Confirmation of the university restrictions came the same evening as a UN Security Council session on Afghanistan, at which the UN …

Taliban Ban Afghan Women from Gyms and Public Baths
2 years, 1 month ago

Taliban Ban Afghan Women from Gyms and Public Baths

News 18  

Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed Sunday, days after banning them from parks and funfairs. Women are increasingly being squeezed out of public life since the Taliban’s return last year despite the hardline Islamists promising a softer version of the harsh rule that characterised their first stint in power that ended …

Taliban official says women are now banned from Afghanistan’s gyms
2 years, 2 months ago

Taliban official says women are now banned from Afghanistan’s gyms

LA Times  

The Taliban is banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said Thursday, the religious group’s latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms since it took power more than a year ago. “Now we don’t know if they’re alive or dead.” Taliban-appointed Kabul police chief spokesman Khalid Zadran said he had no immediate information about …

On UN Afghan women report, Taliban's clarification. Then, vehement rejection
2 years, 3 months ago

On UN Afghan women report, Taliban's clarification. Then, vehement rejection

Hindustan Times  

Taliban authorities on Tuesday condemned UN accusations that they are violating the rights of women to work in Afghanistan, insisting thousands are employed in the country's public sector. "Working together in one office is not possible in our Islamic system," he said, a day after a United Nations rights expert said there had been a "staggering regression" in women's rights …

Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’
2 years, 4 months ago

Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’

Al Jazeera  

Female demonstrators carrying a banner that read ‘August 15 is a black day’ demand rights to work and political participation. Despite the pledges made when it retook power, the Taliban has limited Afghan women’s rights, including keeping high school girl students out of school. Brave women of #Afghanistan continue to protest against the strict Taliban rule on the streets of …

Taliban put up posters in Kandahar: 'Women without hijab trying to look like animals'
2 years, 6 months ago

Taliban put up posters in Kandahar: 'Women without hijab trying to look like animals'

Firstpost  

Despite promises made by the Taliban to reinstate a softer version of their previous harsh system of governance, women of Afghanistan have been living under stringent restrictions since the return of the group in August The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying that Muslim women who do not wear an Islamic …

Afghan women’s rights are at risk
2 years, 6 months ago

Afghan women’s rights are at risk

The Hindu  

In a rare interview, broadcast by CNN on May 17, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister and head of the dreaded Haqqani Network, Sirajuddin Haqqani, promised “very good news” soon on the return of girls to secondary schools that have remained shut since March this year, just hours after their reopening. However, any euphoria about this could be misplaced given the number of …

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