In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s obsession with women reaches a new level

Afghan women dressed in burqas in Kandahar, December 29, 2024. SANAULLAH SEIAM / AFP Since their return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have continued, week after week, to reduce women’s rights, gradually eroding their freedoms and their dignity. On December 29, 2024, the Taliban Ministry of Economy announced that all non-governmental organizations (NGOs), national and international, must now comply with a decree issued at the end of 2022 banning the employment of Afghan women. This measure, which had been largely ignored thanks to local and national exemptions, now becomes imperative: any NGO employing women will have its license revoked. Tuesday, December 31, 2024, the United Nations (UN) expressed its “deep concern” about this decree, while more than half of the Afghan population depends on humanitarian aid. Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights, denounced a discriminatory measure, highlighting its catastrophic impact on access to vital aid. “No country can progress – politically, economically or socially – by excluding half of its population from public life,” he said in a statement. For the future of Afghanistan, the de facto authorities must change course. » You have 78.06% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.



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