Educational Ban For Women In Afghanistan

The Taliban leadership has outlawed women from attending universities in Afghanistan, a country where women's rights are brutally suppressed under Sharia law. The new ruling states that female students' entrance to universities would be suspended until further notice.

According to a letter that was certified by Ziaullah Hashimi, the ministry of education's spokeswoman in Afghanistan, all public and private universities have been ordered to immediately revoke access to female students by the cabinet's decision.

Letter issued

In a letter issued to all public and private universities and signed by Minister of Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadeem, it was stated that "you are all informed to promptly implement the indicated directive of halting female education till further notice."

US state secretary

The Taliban's regressive decree has been denounced by the US. The Taliban's announcement was deemed a blow to their goal of being accepted by the international community by US State Secretary Antony Blinken.

No other country in the world prohibits women and girls from acquiring education, according to Blinken's official statement.

Ned Price, a spokesman for the US State Department, denounced the "indefensible action" in a statement.

Human Rights watchdog

Human Rights Watch condemned the Taliban's action and called it "a terrible gesture." In Afghanistan, the Taliban have outlawed women from attending universities. The fundamental rights of women and girls have been curtailed by several policies, the most recent of which is this one.

Higher education ban

Three months after thousands of girls and women nationwide passed the university entrance examinations, the higher education ban was enacted. The universities will reopen in March after being closed for the winter.

Universities were forced to enact

Universities were forced to enact new policies as a result of the Taliban's takeover of the nation, including gender-segregated classrooms and entrances. Women could only receive an education from older males or women lecturers. With the current ban on university education, girls in Afghanistan, who already have very restricted access to secondary education, will be unable to pursue the occupations of their choice.

New Curriculum

Amrullah Saleh, a former vice president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, made the new school curriculum that the Taliban-led government had implemented public on December 17. Saleh said in a series of tweets that the new curriculum contained 62 recent revisions, including labeling United Nations policies as satanic and anti-woman.