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“We feel like we are losing everything”: the future for Afghan women and girls looks unimaginably bleak
"Famine Is Coming”: NGO Leader Jan Egeland in Kabul Demands Taliban Lift Ban on Women Aid Workers
"Female protesters beaten by Taliban fighters during rare Kabul rally
"In Pakistan’s borderlands, Taliban quietly expanding influence
"Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing"""
After 20 years of equality, the Taliban is placing cruel restrictions on women’s freedom again. Lynne O’Donnell, who was on one of the last flights out of Kabul last week, reports
School closures: a high school student in Kabul last month. Now it is feared that the Taliban will deny girls an education / Getty Images
By Lynne O' Donnell
24 Aug 2021
Choice is being ripped away from the women of Afghanistan by misogynists who wrap their hatred of women in religion.
Under the cover of Islam, the Taliban are forcing women from their jobs and back into their homes. In the capital Kabul, television presenters at a state network have been barred from work. A senior editor at a private TV station says the Taliban are demanding all women adopt the full hijab even when on air. Out on the streets, women are no longer seen in the few cafés that have reopened since the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15. Billboards featuring women have been painted over, and photographs and depictions of women in the windows of hairdressing salons and fashion retailers have been defaced. Women are disappearing from public life, bringing an end to 20 years of freedom and equality.
https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/women-girls-taliban-afghanistan-future-rights-hope-b952037.html
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Taliban bans women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan
Ministry confirms recent order asking salons to shut within a month in the latest curb to further squeeze women out of public life.
An Afghan woman walks past a beauty parlour in Kabul [File: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]
Published On 4 Jul 20234 Jul 2023
The Taliban is banning women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan, says a government spokesman, in the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in the country.
The government order, confirmed on Tuesday, followed the edicts barring women from education, public spaces and most forms of employment since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 as US and NATO forces pulled out.
* Afghan women being provided ‘comfortable’ lives: Taliban chief
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/25/afghan-women-being-provided-comfortable-lives-taliban-chief?traffic_source=KeepReading
* Afghan women ban makes Taliban recognition near ‘impossible’: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/afghan-women-ban-makes-taliban-recognition-near-impossible-un?traffic_source=KeepReading
* Taliban treatment of Afghan women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/taliban-treatment-of-women-could-be-gender-apartheid-un-expert?traffic_source=KeepReading
* ‘Wedding or a funeral?’ Taliban bans music at Kabul wedding halls
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/12/wedding-or-a-funeral-taliban-bans-music-at-kabul-wedding-halls?traffic_source=KeepReading
A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, did not give details of the ban. He only confirmed the content of a letter circulating on social media.
The ministry’s letter, dated June 24, says it conveys a verbal order from the supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhunzada.
The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives parlours across the country a month’s notice to wind down their businesses. After that period, they must close and submit a report about their closure.
Video Duration 11 minutes 01 seconds 11:01
Afghanistan's women: Life under Taliban restrictions | UpFront
The letter does not give reasons for the ban. It comes days after Akhunzada claimed that his government had taken the necessary steps .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/25/afghan-women-being-provided-comfortable-lives-taliban-chief .. for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan.
Mohammad Sadeq Akif Muhajir, spokesman for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, would not say why the new order had been given.
“Once they are closed then we will share the reason with the media,” he told the AFP news agency.
Muhajir said the businesses have been given time to close their affairs so they could use up their stock without incurring losses. A copy of the order seen by AFP said it was “based on verbal instruction from the supreme leader”.
Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous stint in power in the 1990s, the Taliban has imposed harsh measures .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/12/wedding-or-a-funeral-taliban-bans-music-at-kabul-wedding-halls . It has barred women from public spaces, like parks and gyms, and cracked down on media freedoms.
Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/afghan-women-ban-makes-taliban-recognition-near-impossible-un .. or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home.
The measures have triggered a fierce international uproar, increasing the country’s isolation at a time when its economy has collapsed – and have worsened a humanitarian crisis.
Source: News Agencies - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/4/taliban-bans-womens-beauty-parlours-in-afghanistan
**
Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Updated 10:45 PM EDT, Wed July 5, 2023
[...] Reports of depression and suicide are widespread, the report found, especially among teenage girls who’ve been prevented from pursuing an education. Almost 8% of people surveyed knew a girl or woman who had attempted suicide, the report said.
P - Restrictions imposed outside the home and economic hardship had resulted in “significant tensions” inside homes and a rise in domestic violence, and there was “notable evidence” of a “significant increase” in forced marriage of girls, the report found.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/asia/afghanistan-taliban-beauty-salon-ban-intl-hnk/index.html
"Famine Is Coming”: NGO Leader Jan Egeland in Kabul Demands Taliban Lift Ban on Women Aid Workers
"Female protesters beaten by Taliban fighters during rare Kabul rally
"In Pakistan’s borderlands, Taliban quietly expanding influence
"Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing"""
After 20 years of equality, the Taliban is placing cruel restrictions on women’s freedom again. Lynne O’Donnell, who was on one of the last flights out of Kabul last week, reports
School closures: a high school student in Kabul last month. Now it is feared that the Taliban will deny girls an education / Getty Images
By Lynne O' Donnell
24 Aug 2021
Choice is being ripped away from the women of Afghanistan by misogynists who wrap their hatred of women in religion.
Under the cover of Islam, the Taliban are forcing women from their jobs and back into their homes. In the capital Kabul, television presenters at a state network have been barred from work. A senior editor at a private TV station says the Taliban are demanding all women adopt the full hijab even when on air. Out on the streets, women are no longer seen in the few cafés that have reopened since the Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15. Billboards featuring women have been painted over, and photographs and depictions of women in the windows of hairdressing salons and fashion retailers have been defaced. Women are disappearing from public life, bringing an end to 20 years of freedom and equality.
https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/women-girls-taliban-afghanistan-future-rights-hope-b952037.html
**
Taliban bans women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan
Ministry confirms recent order asking salons to shut within a month in the latest curb to further squeeze women out of public life.
An Afghan woman walks past a beauty parlour in Kabul [File: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters]
Published On 4 Jul 20234 Jul 2023
The Taliban is banning women’s beauty parlours in Afghanistan, says a government spokesman, in the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in the country.
The government order, confirmed on Tuesday, followed the edicts barring women from education, public spaces and most forms of employment since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 as US and NATO forces pulled out.
* Afghan women being provided ‘comfortable’ lives: Taliban chief
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/25/afghan-women-being-provided-comfortable-lives-taliban-chief?traffic_source=KeepReading
* Afghan women ban makes Taliban recognition near ‘impossible’: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/afghan-women-ban-makes-taliban-recognition-near-impossible-un?traffic_source=KeepReading
* Taliban treatment of Afghan women could be ‘gender apartheid’: UN
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/20/taliban-treatment-of-women-could-be-gender-apartheid-un-expert?traffic_source=KeepReading
* ‘Wedding or a funeral?’ Taliban bans music at Kabul wedding halls
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/12/wedding-or-a-funeral-taliban-bans-music-at-kabul-wedding-halls?traffic_source=KeepReading
A spokesman for the Taliban-run Virtue and Vice Ministry, Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, did not give details of the ban. He only confirmed the content of a letter circulating on social media.
The ministry’s letter, dated June 24, says it conveys a verbal order from the supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhunzada.
The ban targets the capital, Kabul, and all provinces, and gives parlours across the country a month’s notice to wind down their businesses. After that period, they must close and submit a report about their closure.
Video Duration 11 minutes 01 seconds 11:01
Afghanistan's women: Life under Taliban restrictions | UpFront
The letter does not give reasons for the ban. It comes days after Akhunzada claimed that his government had taken the necessary steps .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/25/afghan-women-being-provided-comfortable-lives-taliban-chief .. for the betterment of women’s lives in Afghanistan.
Mohammad Sadeq Akif Muhajir, spokesman for the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, would not say why the new order had been given.
“Once they are closed then we will share the reason with the media,” he told the AFP news agency.
Muhajir said the businesses have been given time to close their affairs so they could use up their stock without incurring losses. A copy of the order seen by AFP said it was “based on verbal instruction from the supreme leader”.
Despite initial promises of a more moderate rule than during their previous stint in power in the 1990s, the Taliban has imposed harsh measures .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/12/wedding-or-a-funeral-taliban-bans-music-at-kabul-wedding-halls . It has barred women from public spaces, like parks and gyms, and cracked down on media freedoms.
Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations .. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/22/afghan-women-ban-makes-taliban-recognition-near-impossible-un .. or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home.
The measures have triggered a fierce international uproar, increasing the country’s isolation at a time when its economy has collapsed – and have worsened a humanitarian crisis.
Source: News Agencies - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/4/taliban-bans-womens-beauty-parlours-in-afghanistan
**
Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Updated 10:45 PM EDT, Wed July 5, 2023
[...] Reports of depression and suicide are widespread, the report found, especially among teenage girls who’ve been prevented from pursuing an education. Almost 8% of people surveyed knew a girl or woman who had attempted suicide, the report said.
P - Restrictions imposed outside the home and economic hardship had resulted in “significant tensions” inside homes and a rise in domestic violence, and there was “notable evidence” of a “significant increase” in forced marriage of girls, the report found.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/asia/afghanistan-taliban-beauty-salon-ban-intl-hnk/index.html
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