Tolo News: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a new report that the “de facto authorities” continue to restrict the rights of women and girls. The seven-page report–that covers the period from May to June–highlighted the restrictions imposed on women by the interim [Taliban] Afghan government. The report said that UNAMA continues
Afghan women who work in beauty salons in Kabul gathered on July 12 to protest a Taliban decree that would shut down their businesses by July 25. In interviews with RFE/RL, women said the closures would leave their families with no means of subsistence. Taliban officials say such services are forbidden under Shari’a law. Related
8am: In Afghanistan, women who lost their jobs due to Taliban restrictions are compelled to engage in street work due to prolonged unemployment and the group’s limitations. Some of these women and girls, who are also protesting, have set up roadside scales to weigh people. They stress that the lack of job opportunities and Taliban
Khaama: Over 60,000 women will lose their jobs due to the closing of all women’s beauty parlours and hairdressing salons across Afghanistan. Sources in the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry have told the BBC that closing all women’s beauty parlours/hairdressing salons will leave around 60,000 women unemployed nationwide. The source said on the condition
VOA: The deputy executive director and chief operating officer for the U.N. World Food Program, Carl Skau, says that Afghanistan is facing a dire humanitarian situation with nine out of 10 Afghan families lacking adequate food and “children and pregnant women are the hardest hit.” In an interview Wednesday with VOA via Skype, Skau said
Aamaj: Elaha Delawarzai a victim of former spokesman of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior’s rape and forced marriage after releasing from their prison said that the Taliban gave electric shock to her “genitals.” “The Taliban tortured me and even gave electric shocks to my sexual organs (breasts, hips, and thighs),” she said. Click here to
8am: Following the ban on education and employment for women, the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued a written statement announcing the closure of women’s hair salons across the country as of July 23rd this year. The statement, released by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue
Khaama: The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime is deteriorating as women’s voices have been silenced and their dreams shattered, reported Amnesty International. On Saturday, July 1, Amnesty International released a video on Twitter showcasing the desperate situation of Afghan women and girls and stated that “sidelining women and girls”
8am: With the collapse of the republican government in Afghanistan, the Taliban have once again revived the concept of sexual jihad, known as Jihad-ul-Nikah. Over the past two decades, in areas under Taliban control, this group engaged in Jihad al-Nikah, although it was less prevalent and confined to specific regions. However, with their return to
Ariana: Doctors from a cancer treatment facility in Herat province say they have seen a 30% increase in the number of patients seeking treatment for cancer in the western region of Afghanistan. They said in the past 12 months, 4,000 people with cancer sought help – of which 50% were women. Click here to read