The fundamentalist regime said it reserves the right to order the closure of organizations that do not comply with the measure.
The Taliban regime has ordered All NGOs, “national and foreign”, that Fire all the women that they may have contracted, since otherwise it reserves the right to order the closure of these organizations, in line with other discriminatory measures adopted since the fundamentalists returned to power more than three years ago.
The Ministry of Economy has published this order on social media, as the authority responsible for the registration and supervision of the activity of NGOs and as a reminder of a previous ruling. “In the event that (the organizations) do not cooperate, all activities of the offending party and the operating permit will be suspended.”, the note reads.
More and more restrictions
The measure was announced a day after the Taliban's supreme leader banned the construction of windows in residential areas from which women can be seen, and recommended blocking existing ones, to Preventing “obscenity”.
According to a statement released Saturday night by Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban regime, new buildings built from that day onwards will not be able to have windows through which one can see “the courtyard, the kitchen, the common wells and other places that women usually use.”
"Seeing women working in kitchens, yards or drawing water from a well can generate obscene acts", continues the document circulated by Mujahid on the social network X, written partly in Arabic, Dari and Pashto.
The statement said that local authorities and other competent authorities must monitor the work to ensure that it is not possible to see into the homes of neighbours.
If windows already exist, the Taliban are urging owners to build a wall or otherwise obstruct the view, in order to “avoid causing inconvenience to neighbours,” according to the decree.
Women without rights
Since the Taliban returned to power in the country in 2021, Women have been progressively expelled from public spaces, something the United Nations described as “gender apartheid.”
Today, Afghan women They cannot go to parks, gyms, beauty centers, or leave their homes without a companion.
They are also not allowed to pursue secondary or higher education., and are forced to abandon their education after finishing primary school.
The United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) have expressed their firm condemnation in the face of a new decision by the Taliban authorities that prohibits women and girls en Afghanistan to take medical courses in public and private institutions.
La UNICEF He warned that this ban represents “another devastating blow” women and girls rights en Afghanistan, which could have long-term deadly consequences for the country's population. The executive director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, said she was “deeply alarmed,” noting that the measure would “immediately disrupt the medical training of thousands of women” and put women and girls' access to health care at risk.
The Taliban have in recent years reintroduced the sexist restrictions they imposed during their first period in power, which has resulted in the progressive expulsion of women from public spaces. At the educational level, girls can no longer access secondary education.
(with information from EP)
FSource: INFOBAE