Four years after the Taliban hunters reconsider the capital Kabul on 15 August 2021, gender equality agency UN women Warns that the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is increasingly untenable.
And without urgent action this untenable reality will be normalized and women and girls will be completely excluded.
‘The Taliban is closer than ever when reaching her vision of a society that women knew completely from public life“The UN women said in one press release On Monday.
UN warning for women, just like the UN help mission, came to Afghanistan (You have) has released his newest report About the human rights situation between May and June, detailing enforcement of regulations against women and death threats against female humanitarians.
A society that is against them
The edicts that the Taliban have continued to limit women and girls’ rights work together to create an inevitable cycle that degrades women to private spaces and increases their vulnerability.
In most cases, even for humanitarian employees, women are not allowed to move freely in public without being accompanied by a MahramOr a male guardian.
In his report, You have noted a change in enforcement of Mahram requirements, in which the de facto Taliban authorities instruct private companies and health clinics to refuse services to all women who were not accompanied by a Mahram.
In certain regions, the authorities also started strictly maintaining hijab instructions, also by obliging women to wear one ChadorA full body cover. In Herat, if they didn’t, women are banned from public spaces.
Out of opportunities
In addition to hindering the movements of women in public spaces, the Taliban has also banned women and girls from secondary and higher education.
All in all, these two edicts have in -depth consequences at all levels of society. Now it is not only functional impossible for women to achieve educational degrees, it is also too difficult for them to get jobs and to enter into training programs.
As a result, More than 78 percent of Afghan women have no education, employment or education.
This means that almost half of the labor force does not contribute to the economy in measurable ways, a huge problem for a country whose economy has been destroyed by sanctions and climate shocks.
The Unama report noted that the actual authorities continue to confirm that Islam allows women to work – even if other edicts seem to discourage it.
An unhealthy cycle
But it’s not just the economy that suffers. In some cases these edicts can literally be a matter of life or death.
“The results are devastating. Women live shorter, less healthy living“Said the UN agency.
Take health care, for example. If women are not allowed to enter higher education, they cannot become doctors. And if women are forbidden to get treatment from male doctors – they are in certain regions – they cannot expect them to lead a healthy life.
UN women estimates that obstacles to receiving health care for women in Afghanistan will increase mother mortality by 50 percent by 2026.
The child’s marriage is also increasingly common and women are increasingly being subjected to violence, inside and outside their houses. In some cases, de facto authorities were those involved in or forced forced marriages.
Solidarity in Afghanistan
It is not only in public that the voices of women are excluded – 62 percent of women think they cannot even influence decisions at home. This is the midst of a limitation of expression rights in general, where many private media chambers and social media accounts are monitored, according to the UNAMA report.
UN women emphasizes that, even though they have little to hope for, Afghan women remain resilient. They continue to look for moments of solidarity and hope for a different future.
In May, some women who worked for the UN were subject to explicit death threats with regard to their work, but they continue to provide life -saving and life -built services.
A woman whose grassroots leadership organization lost all his financing in 2022 continued To support women in smaller ways.
“I will remain strong as a woman and support other Afghan women. I go to remote areas and collect [women’s] Stories, listen to their problems and this gives them hope. I do my best and that also gives me hope“She said.
A dangerous precedent
In total, since 2021, almost 100 edicts have limited how women and girls move through society have been set and maintained. None has been destroyed in four years.
Susan Ferguson, UN Women’s representative In Afghanistan said that this lack of progress should be understood outside the Afghan context.
“This is not just about the rights – and future – from Afghan women and girls. It’s about what we stand for as a global community,” said Mrs. Ferguson.
‘If we allow Afghan women and girls to be silenced, we will send a message that the rights of women and girls are disposable everywhere. And that is a very dangerous precedent. ‘
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