Women in Afghanistan continue to face severe restrictions and hardships under the Taliban regime. Since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, Afghan women have been barred from traveling long distances, flying, or entering government buildings without a male guardian. Female government employees and schoolteachers expressed grave concerns over a new Taliban decree reducing their monthly salaries from 10,000-15,000 Afghanis ($142-$213) to a uniform 5,000 Afghanis ($71). The UN's first gender country profile since the Taliban takeover warns that the oppression of Afghan women and girls is unmatched in terms of scale and impact.
Monitoring —— 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧 The plight of women in Afghanistan has long been a concern, but since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, their situation has worsened. Despite some… https://t.co/F32fEkrzCm
Afghanistan: In its first gender country profile since the 2021 Taliban takeover, @UN_Women warns that the oppression Afghan women & girls are currently experiencing is unmatched in terms of scale & impact. https://t.co/sLXhlkWuL8
In Afghanistan, strict rules define what women are allowed to do, with their proponents claiming they guarantee both the women's and their whole family's, honour. ⬇️ https://t.co/MrYL4GlSaV
Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless they are accompanied by a man. https://t.co/MrYL4GlSaV
Female government employees and schoolteachers expressed grave concerns on Monday over a new Taliban decree reducing their monthly salaries from 10,000 to 15,000 Afghanis ($142 to $213) to a uniform 5,000 Afghanis ($71). https://t.co/iSbuyAd3gm https://t.co/hl2AtILANW
I spoke with Liya Zaurbekova, a 19-year-old Chechen woman who narrowly escaped abduction last month and managed to flee Russia. Other women who attempted to escape before her have disappeared in Kadyrov's Chechnya https://t.co/UDBbcNqR41
Women in Afghanistan continue to struggle under strict male guardian rules https://t.co/MrYL4GlSaV
#Taliban school ban HITS 1,000 DAYS: Afghan women and human rights advocates say the country might never fully recover from the loss of these 1,000 days. https://t.co/fTsvZxrwzv
Since the Taliban returned to power, Afghan women have been barred from going on long trips, travelling by plane or entering government buildings unless they are accompanied by a man. ⬇️ https://t.co/MrYL4Gmq0t