Taliban suspends women from studies
2022.12.20 14:11
Taliban suspends women from studies
Budrigannews.com – The United States, Great Britain, and the United Nations all strongly condemned the Taliban-run higher education ministry in Afghanistan for suspending female students’ access to universities on Tuesday until further notice.
A spokesperson for the ministry of higher education confirmed that a letter instructed Afghan public and private universities to immediately deny female students access, in accordance with a Cabinet decision.
At the same time that the United Nations Security Council met in New York to discuss Afghanistan, the Taliban administration made the announcement, which has not been recognized internationally.
Before it can consider formally recognising the Taliban-run administration, which is also subject to severe sanctions, foreign governments, including the United States, have stated that a change in policies regarding women’s education is required.
U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood told the council, “The Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans, especially the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls,” calling the move “absolutely indefensible.”
England’s U.N. Minister Barbara Woodward (NASDAQ:) declared that the expulsion was “another egregious curtailment of women’s rights and a deep and profound disappointment for every single female student.”
She stated to the council, “It is also another step by the Taliban away from a self-reliant and prosperous Afghanistan.”
The Taliban were criticized in March by numerous foreign governments and some Afghans for ignoring indications that all girls’ high schools would be opened.
On Tuesday, the move was described as “clearly another broken promise from the Taliban,” according to U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
He told reporters in New York, “It’s another very troubling move, and it’s difficult to imagine how the country can develop, deal with all of the challenges it has, without the active participation of women and the education of women.”
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Roza Otunbayeva, the United Nations special envoy for Afghanistan, stated shortly before the university announcement that the Taliban administration’s closure of high schools had “undermined” its relationship with the international community and was “extremely unpopular among Afghans and even within the Taliban leadership.”
She stated, “We remain at something of an impasse as long as girls remain excluded from school and the de facto authorities continue to disregard other stated concerns of the international community.”
The decision was made as a lot of university students were taking exams at the end of the term. One university student’s mother, who requested anonymity for reasons of security, said that her daughter called her in tears when she heard about the letter because she was worried that she wouldn’t be able to continue her medical studies in Kabul.
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“It is impossible to adequately describe the pain that not only I but also other mothers feel in our hearts. They are worried about their children’s future, and we are all feeling this pain,” she stated.
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