Source: UN News: Wednesday, 20 August 2025 00:01 am
On the rule in Afghanistan, four years after the capture of Talban in August 2021, women and girls’ education, work, independent movement and the rights of participation in public life are almost over. A latest report of UN Women says, 2 crore 10 lakh Afghan women are living in such an environment where their rights are constantly being taken away. The most serious thing is that this situation is becoming a normal thing. This report states 10 important facts that highlight the depth of this crisis. Ban on education: After 13 years of age, girls are banned from going to school and women are banned on entry into universities. The result of this is that about 80 percent of young women aged 18 to 29 years have lost from the field of education, work and training. Heavy inequality in employment: One in four women is working or looking for work, while this figure of men is 90 percent. Women are prohibited from working in areas such as Public Service, NGOs and beauty salons. © Unicef/AMIN Meerzad Health Crisis: Prohibition of education and employment, 25 percent in child marriage and 45 percent increase in pregnancy in adolescence. There is a possibility of increase in maternal mortality by 50 percent. Apart from this, mental health problems are also increasing rapidly. Political participation is over: There is not a single woman under the cabinet and local leadership of the Talban government. Ban in public places: Women are not allowed to go to park, gym and sports club. The risk of sexual violence has increased: The services of protecting violence have decreased, the ministry of women affairs and the anti -violence have been abolished: Warning: Warning: Warning: Warning. Despite this, women do not feel safe in their communities. Pressure of “morality law”: Under the law applicable in August 2024, women cannot even speak in public place. Families and community are also implementing these people. Conservative crisis: This year from Iran and Pakistan, more than 17 lakh Afghan citizens have returned, about half of which are women. They are high in poverty, forcible marriage and violence. Effect on women’s organizations: Due to lack of international financial assistance, about 40 percent of women’s organizations have stopped projects, causing help and rights to monitor the ground level. Riport says that Afghan women are running small businesses, despite these difficult situations, they are running small businesses, and human rights violations, and human rights violations. She is registering. Their firmness shows that she has not given up and she is appealing to the world not to give up.
