Taliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies
2 years ago

Taliban minister defends ban on women’s university studies

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities — a decree that had triggered a global backlash. Earlier on Thursday, the foreign ministers of the G-7 group of states urged the Taliban to rescind the ban, warning that “gender persecution may amount to a crime against humanity.” The ministers warned after a virtual meeting that “Taliban policies designed to erase women from public life will have consequences for how our countries engage with the Taliban.” The G-7 group includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. The Taliban made similar promises about high school access for girls, saying classes would resume for them once “technical issues” around uniforms and transport were sorted out, but girls remain shut out of classrooms. He said the Taliban will not obtain much- needed improved relations with the world if they “continue on this course.” “What they’ve done is to try to sentence Afghan women and girls to a dark future without opportunity,” he said. There is going to be a cost.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday that the ban was “neither Islamic nor humane.” Speaking at a joint news conference with his Yemeni counterpart, he called on the Taliban to reverse their decision.

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UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education
1 month ago

UN Security Council criticises Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

Hindustan Times  

The UN Security Council has said it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told the council this week that women and girls are “facing progressive erasure from almost …

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education
1 month ago

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women’s medical education

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council said Friday it was deeply concerned about the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women from medical education, which could leave millions of women and girls without health care in the future. In a resolution adopted unanimously Friday, the Security Council criticized not only the medical education ban but the Taliban’s …

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education
1 month ago

UN Security Council criticizes Taliban ban on Afghan women's medical education

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 U.N. Security Council said …

'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education
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1 month, 1 week ago

'Afghanistan needs educated women too': Top cricketers demand reversal of Taliban's ban on women education

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, earlier this week, banned women from pursuing nursing and midwifery courses. After they were barred from education beyond secondary school as part of restrictions labelled “gender apartheid” by the UN, women flocked to these health institutions, one of the only avenues left open for them A mother holds her child as she rests in her arms, while …

Afghan cricketers condemn Taliban's ban on women's medical studies
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1 month, 1 week ago

Afghan cricketers condemn Taliban's ban on women's medical studies

India Today  

Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, two prominent figures in Afghan cricket, have condemned the Taliban's closure of educational institutions for women training as nurses and midwives. The Taliban's leadership has directed private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women in Afghanistan, effectively eliminating their access to education in medicine — the last field that had remained open …

Afghanistan’s Rashid, Nabi urge Taliban to revoke ban on women’s education
1 month, 1 week ago

Afghanistan’s Rashid, Nabi urge Taliban to revoke ban on women’s education

Al Jazeera  

The star cricketers were responding to reports that the Taliban had forbidden females from receiving medical education and training. Afghanistan’s top cricket stars Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have urged the Taliban to reconsider their ban on women’s access to medical education and training, terming the move “deeply unjust”. “Education holds a central place in Islamic teachings, emphasising the pursuit …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from training to become midwives and nurses
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1 month, 1 week ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from training to become midwives and nurses

Op India  

Afghanistan’s only avenue for women pursuing higher education was essentially cut off when they were told not to return to school in the morning to complete their midwifery and nursing courses. The Taliban’s new order bans women from medical education, closing the last remaining institutions where women can learn. pic.twitter.com/C3SNsIC6OY — Habib Khan December 3, 2024 The shutdown, however, is …

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery
1 month, 1 week ago

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery

NPR  

Rights Group: Afghan women barred from studying nursing and midwifery toggle caption Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images The Taliban's supreme leader has ordered a ban on women attending nursing and midwifery institutes, closing a rare avenue they had to pursue an education beyond the sixth grade, a human rights group says. "This new decree — banning women from nursing and …

Taliban bans women from training as midwives
1 month, 1 week ago

Taliban bans women from training as midwives

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. A director at leading global charity Human Rights Watch said the measures would lead to women …

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Afghan women ‘banned from hearing each other’ in bizarre new Taliban rule

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. Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation …

How Taliban Rule Has Reshaped Higher Education in Afghanistan
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How Taliban Rule Has Reshaped Higher Education in Afghanistan

The Diplomat  

Three years ago, Roya was well on her way to her lifelong dream of a career in medicine. Three years of Taliban rule have made it clear that policies toward higher education are not just about separating men and women, but are about remaking Afghan society. While international media attention focused mostly on the banning of girls from secondary education, …

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says
7 months ago

1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools, according to the U.N. children’s agency, which said Thursday that “no country can move forward when half its population is left behind.” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a statement urged Taliban authorities to allow all children to resume learning immediately, and called …

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic

Al Jazeera  

Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. On March 21, 2022, the Taliban promised to reopen all schools in Afghanistan, seemingly ending the temporary ban it had placed on girls attending secondary school since its return to power seven months earlier.Two days later, while many girls were enthusiastically …

Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female education. The invitations sent out to reporters said: “Due to the lack of a suitable place for the sisters, we apologize to female reporters.” During a ceremony, the …

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools
1 year ago

Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools, which are traditionally boys-only, a Taliban official said Thursday. A day earlier, U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva told the Security Council and reporters that the United Nations was receiving “more and more anecdotal evidence” that girls could study at the Islamic schools known as madrassas. …

UN is seeking to verify that Afghanistan’s Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools
1 year ago

UN is seeking to verify that Afghanistan’s Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only, the U.N.’s top official in the country said Wednesday. She said that the Taliban Ministry of Education is reportedly undertaking an assessment of madrassas as well as a review …

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.” …

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement
1 year, 4 months ago

Rights groups condemn Taliban’s new curbs on women’s education, movement

Al Jazeera  

Watchdogs slam Taliban’s ‘flagrant violation of the right to education and freedom of movement’ after Afghan women stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai to study on a scholarship. Human rights groups have condemned the Taliban’s latest restrictions on Afghan women’s education and movement after it barred them from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks and stopped them …

The Taliban has destroyed education for women – but an underground ‘University of the People’ is fighting back
1 year, 4 months ago

The Taliban has destroyed education for women – but an underground ‘University of the People’ is fighting back

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. After the Taliban shut down women’s colleges and universities …

United Nations envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity denying girls education
1 year, 4 months ago

United Nations envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity denying girls education

The Hindu  

The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women, the United Nations special envoy for global education said. Gordon Brown told a virtual UN press conference on the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15 that its rulers are responsible for “the …

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education
1 year, 4 months ago

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women, the U.N. special envoy for global education said. Gordon Brown told a virtual U.N. press conference on the second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on Tuesday that its rulers are responsible for …

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education
1 year, 4 months ago

UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls education

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders …

After two years of Taliban rule, uncertainty clouds women’s education
1 year, 5 months ago

After two years of Taliban rule, uncertainty clouds women’s education

Live Mint  

Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban's leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen — if it happens at all, an education official said Saturday. An adviser at the Higher Education Ministry, Molvi Abdul Jabbar, said universities were ready to readmit female students as soon as Akhundzada gives the order for the …

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban’s leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen — if it happens at all, an education official said Saturday. Afghanistan’s higher education minister, Nida Mohammed Nadim, said at the time the university ban was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders and because …

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says
1 year, 5 months ago

Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says

The Independent  

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Taliban bans girl students from attending school beyond third grade
1 year, 5 months ago

Taliban bans girl students from attending school beyond third grade

The Independent  

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UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’
1 year, 6 months ago

UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy for Afghanistan warned the country’s Taliban rulers Wednesday that international recognition as the country’s legitimate government will remain “nearly impossible” unless they lift severe restrictions on women and girls’ education and employment. Roza Otunbayeva told the U.N. Security Council that the Taliban have asked to be recognized by the United Nations and its 192 …

Taliban treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN expert
1 year, 6 months ago

Taliban treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN expert

Al Jazeera  

Taliban spokesperson rejects the report and accuses the UN and the West of ‘spreading propaganda’ against its administration. A United Nations expert said on Monday that the treatment of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban could amount to “gender apartheid” as their rights continue to be undermined by the governing authorities. “Grave, systematic and institutionalised discrimination against women and …

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to reverse bans on women
1 year, 8 months ago

UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban to reverse bans on women

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls, which range from severely restricting education to banning women from most jobs, public spaces and gyms. UAE Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh said over 90 countries from around the world co- Pressure mounted for …

Why is Afghanistan probing educational projects in Kandahar?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why is Afghanistan probing educational projects in Kandahar?

Firstpost  

Meanwhile, Girls cannot go to school beyond sixth grade in Afghanistan, with the education ban extending to universities New Delhi: The spokesperson of the Kandahar Education Department, Mutwakul Ahmed has said that they have been instructed by the leadership of the Ministry of Education to suspend the activities of regional classes and all educational institutions in this province until further …

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban

Associated Press  

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not to rebel against the government on the controversial issue. One scholar, Abdul Rahman Abid, said institutions should be permitted to re-admit girls and women through separate classes, hiring female teachers, staggering timetables, and even building new facilities. My personal …

Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls
1 year, 9 months ago

Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls

Al Jazeera  

Since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, only girls aged 12 and under have been allowed to go to school. Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance in secondary school. Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up …

Woman In Afghanistan Spray-Paints Walls To Protest The Taliban
1 year, 10 months ago

Woman In Afghanistan Spray-Paints Walls To Protest The Taliban

Huff Post  

Zahra, an activist for women's rights who spray-paints messages of resistance on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan. But Taliban officials have made no “firm commitments” about reopening schools and universities to the country’s women and girls, Tomas Niklasson, the European Union’s special envoy for Afghanistan, reportedly said earlier this month. “Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in …

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights
1 year, 10 months ago

UN envoy in Afghanistan warns of aid cuts over Taliban crackdown on women's rights

Firstpost  

The Taliban administration, which seized power in August 2021 as US-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan after 20 years of war, says it respects women’s rights in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law United Nations: The UN envoy in Afghanistan warned on Wednesday that a Taliban administration crackdown on women’s rights is likely to lead to a drop in …

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

The Hindu  

Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021 and has sparked global outrage – including across …

Afghan universities reopen, but women still barred
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghan universities reopen, but women still barred

The Hindu  

Male students trickled back to their classes Monday after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break, but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, and has sparked global outrage— including across the Muslim world. Several Taliban officials say the ban …

Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban

Al Jazeera  

The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021. “We are trying to address this issue by talking to lecturers and other students so that there can be a way where boys and girls could study and progress together.” ‘Gender-based apartheid’ Ejatullah Nejati, an engineering student at Kabul University, …

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans
1 year, 10 months ago

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban emerged in recent days when Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a powerful government figure, gave a speech seen as implicit criticism of the movement’s reclusive supreme leader. The Taliban have typically dealt with internal differences behind the scenes, and Haqqani’s comments “are a major escalation,” said …

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans
1 year, 10 months ago

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

The Independent  

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Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans
1 year, 10 months ago

Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

India Today  

A rare public show of division within the ranks of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban emerged in recent days when Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, a powerful government figure, gave a speech seen as an implicit criticism of the movement’s reclusive supreme leader. The Taliban have typically dealt with internal differences behind the scenes, and Haqqani’s comments “are a major escalation,” said Michael …

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 …

Taliban detain Afghanistan educator who spoke out on women's school ban
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban detain Afghanistan educator who spoke out on women's school ban

The Hindu  

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have "beaten and detained" an academic who voiced outrage on live television against their ban on women's university education, his aide said on February 3. "Mashal was mercilessly beaten and taken away in a very disrespectful manner by members of the Islamic Emirate," Mr. Mashal's aide Farid Ahmad Fazli told AFP, referring to the Taliban government. Mr. …

Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education

Al Jazeera  

The Taliban confirms the detention of Ismail Mashal, who tore up his degrees on live TV to protest against the ban on women’s education. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained an academic who tore up his degrees on live television in protest against a ban on women’s university education in the country, his aide said on Friday. If my sister and …

Taliban warn women can't take entry exams at universities
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban warn women can't take entry exams at universities

The Hindu  

The Taliban on January 28 doubled down on their ban on women's education, reinforcing in a message to private universities that Afghan women are barred from taking university entry exams, according to a spokesman. Higher Education Ministry spokesman Ziaullah Hashmi said Saturday that a letter reminding private universities not to allow women to take entrance exams was sent out. A …

Afghanistan: Taliban bans female students from university entrance exams
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban bans female students from university entrance exams

India TV News  

Afghanistan : In yet another incidence of control over women and their education the Taliban on Saturday females from taking university entry exams, a spokesperson said. Higher Education Ministry spokesman Ziaullah Hashmi said Saturday that a letter reminding private universities not to allow women to take entrance exams was sent out. A copy of the letter, shared with The Associated …

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

Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers
2 years ago

Afghan rulers urged to reverse ban on women aid workers

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — A strong majority of the U.N. Security Council urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Friday to immediately reverse all “oppressive” restrictions on girls and women including the latest ban on women working for aid organizations which is exacerbating the already critical humanitarian crisis in the country. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, …

UN envoy meets with Afghan higher-ed chief over ban on women
2 years ago

UN envoy meets with Afghan higher-ed chief over ban on women

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — A top U.N. envoy met with the Taliban-led Afghan government’s higher education minister Saturday to discuss the ban on women attending universities. Higher Education Minister Nida Mohammad Nadim has defended the ban, saying it is necessary to prevent the mixing of genders in universities and because he believes some subjects violate Islamic principles. He said opponents were …

Voices grow against Taliban ban on women’s education; protest in USA
2 years ago

Voices grow against Taliban ban on women’s education; protest in USA

India TV News  

The outrage triggered by Taliban government’s decision to ban women in Universities went beyond border and several countries decried the move. "We are here to fight for girls' right to education," Rayan Yasini from California representing the Afghan Cultural Society said in front of the White House on Sunday as she was joined by a large number of Afghan Americans …

The Taliban haven’t changed their spots | In Focus podcast
2 years ago

The Taliban haven’t changed their spots | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

By banning women from attending universities and colleges, the Taliban have proved that their ideological motivations matter more than international opinion. In September last year, one month after taking power again, the Taliban banned girls from attending secondary schools. In November, the Taliban banned women from visiting public parks, hamams and gymnasiums. Many countries and the United Nations Security Council …

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