It has been more than a year since the Taliban recaptured Afghanistan. Over the past year, the country has seen several regressive changes, including restrictions on women’s rights to education. As this predictable disaster has gripped Afghanistan, the global community, including the United Nations, has criticized the Taliban’s move.
Recently Acting Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan (UNAMA), Marcus Potzel, said there was no justification for the ongoing boycott of girls from high schools and described the anniversary as sad, shameful and completely avoidable.
“There is no credible justification for the exclusion of girls from high school and there is no equivalence anywhere in the world,” Khama Press reported. Last year, on September 18, high schools in Afghanistan opened their doors to boys, while girls were ordered to stay at home by the Taliban.
Taliban’s promise to educate women dropped
The Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021. At that time the Taliban promised to establish a modern form of Islamic government that respected women’s rights.
After coming under Taliban control in August 2021, he announced that education would be closed to both boys and girls from sixth grade onwards; However, it will resume on March 23, 2022, the Afghan New Year.
When a large number of eager girl students instead of teachers reached their school, they were greeted by Taliban guards. It soon became clear that the school doors had been closed for girl students in the country. In the days that followed, Taliban leaders abruptly prohibited girls from attending high school in an announcement. Till now, lakhs of girl students in the country are denied their basic right to education.
Taliban said there is a need to make female fit curriculum
The Taliban said that more time was needed to revise the school curriculum to better reflect Islamic principles, as well as to produce women’s curriculum and women-specific school uniforms. In addition, the Taliban ruled that women could only coach women’s courses in colleges and universities. Additionally, it stated that co-educational university courses were possible but a physical barrier was needed to separate male and female students.
Also on September 17, 2021, the Taliban announced that schools would open as planned, but the announcement mentioned schools for men only. It appeared that no decision had been taken regarding women’s education. On September 17, 2021, the Taliban claimed that the schools would open as scheduled, however, they mentioned only male institutions. There did not seem to be any decision regarding women’s education.
After several months, despite international pressure and promised resources from the international community, the Taliban leadership announced on 23 March 2002 that girls’ schools would not open.
In addition to 17 government, there are two private universities in Afghanistan. Most of these universities and colleges had admitted girl students before the Taliban came to power in 2021. It is not so now.
On the other hand, many women who were employed before the Taliban returned to Afghanistan also lost their jobs. When the Taliban took power a year ago this month, they sent many women home from government jobs. They were not allowed to share offices with men. Yet here is Toba in a private workplace.
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