Status: 07/27/2022 04:15 a.m
According to Amnesty, women in Afghanistan are systematically oppressed and discriminated against under the Taliban. Access to education and work is restricted. Protection against domestic violence is also denied.
Since the Taliban seized power, the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan have been noticeably restricted. This emerges from a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International.
“In less than a year since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, their draconian policies have deprived millions of women and girls of their right to live a safe, free and fulfilling life,” said Amnesty International Secretary-General Agnès Callamard.
The system of repression made itself felt in almost every area of their lives. “Every day-to-day detail – whether they go to school, whether they work, whether and how they leave the house – is controlled and massively restricted.”
Little protection against domestic violence
According to the report, women are only allowed to take longer trips with a male companion. Escaping domestic violence has also become more difficult for women. The Taliban imprison them for minor violations of discriminatory rules. Women who protest against the conditions are abducted and tortured.
Higher schools for girls have been closed since the militant Islamists took power in August 2021 – although civil society has repeatedly called for them to be opened. An exception are some privately organized schools as well as public schools in some parts of the country.
Imprisonment, torture, forced marriages
Many professions are now also closed to women, although according to Amnesty there are differences between the provinces. The report also draws attention to the mistreatment of women who oppose Taliban regulations.
Amnesty reports detentions, torture and even disappearances of demonstrators. Last but not least, there would be an increase in forced marriages. Amnesty attributes this, among other things, to the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the lack of educational and professional opportunities.
“The relentless oppression of women in Afghanistan is intensifying day by day. If the international community does nothing, millions of women and girls in Afghanistan will be left to their own devices,” said Julia Duchrow, Deputy Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany.