Below is a comprehensive review of the edicts of the past year, as well as the myriad ways the women of Afghanistan are leading the resistance.The initial order issued in August 2021, asked women to stay home from work and nonessential travel “for their safety.” The Taliban argued that, because their soldiers were “not trained” to respect women, they should remain in their homes so they would not be hurt.
The first area that saw a complete and outright ban on women’s participation was athletics. Sports were neither “necessary” nor appropriate for women to play, as their face or body could potentially be exposed, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq, told an Australian broadcaster.November marked the Taliban’s first foray into limiting women’s access to healthcare.
Teachers begging in the street in February 2022 for help to feed their families, as secondary schools remained closed by the Taliban. March 2022 brought the start of the new school year in Afghanistan, and with that, the promise that schools would reopen., thousands of girls headed off for their first day back at school. However, when they arrived at the school buildings, these girls were met with locked doors and armed Taliban guards telling them to return home.
Terrible news!