Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Afghan women have nothing to cheer about this Women’s Day (March 8th) as they don’t even have the basic rights to higher education. The new academic year began on March 6 and the Taliban-led regime has banned girls from being enrolled.
“This is inhuman for women, but we can do little to challenge the radical mindset. We have nothing to cheer about and can only wish that someday we too get a chance to celebrate the Womens Day,’’ said Nazia, an expat. Ironically, less than a month ago the Taliban government had highlighted the opening of two primary girls schools in Laghman which was made with the support of UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Adding insult to injury is Taliban government deciding to annul divorces of women who were into abusive marriages. “Women are being forced to go back to their abusive husbands, as a result of which some are going into hiding. Women are living a nightmare in Afghanistan at present,’’ Nazia said.The women who got legal separation under the government are the ones whose marriages are being annulled by the Taliban. On Tuesday, a joint statement of the first meet of India-Central Asia Joint Working Group on Afghanistan emphasised on women’s rights.
“We emphasised on the formation of a truly inclusive and representative political structure that respects the rights of all Afghans and ensures equal rights of women, girls and members of minority groups including access to education,’’ the statement read.
These joint statements will have no impact on the way the Taliban mindset works and it will require a long drawn out effort to grant women basic rights.
NEW DELHI: Afghan women have nothing to cheer about this Women’s Day (March 8th) as they don’t even have the basic rights to higher education. The new academic year began on March 6 and the Taliban-led regime has banned girls from being enrolled.
“This is inhuman for women, but we can do little to challenge the radical mindset. We have nothing to cheer about and can only wish that someday we too get a chance to celebrate the Womens Day,’’ said Nazia, an expat. Ironically, less than a month ago the Taliban government had highlighted the opening of two primary girls schools in Laghman which was made with the support of UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Adding insult to injury is Taliban government deciding to annul divorces of women who were into abusive marriages. “Women are being forced to go back to their abusive husbands, as a result of which some are going into hiding. Women are living a nightmare in Afghanistan at present,’’ Nazia said.
The women who got legal separation under the government are the ones whose marriages are being annulled by the Taliban. On Tuesday, a joint statement of the first meet of India-Central Asia Joint Working Group on Afghanistan emphasised on women’s rights.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
“We emphasised on the formation of a truly inclusive and representative political structure that respects the rights of all Afghans and ensures equal rights of women, girls and members of minority groups including access to education,’’ the statement read.
These joint statements will have no impact on the way the Taliban mindset works and it will require a long drawn out effort to grant women basic rights.
