Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan, said in Kabul this Thursday (26), the restrictions the Taliban imposed on Afghan women were aimed at making them “invisible”.
Since taking power last August, the Taliban has imposed a series of restrictions, many of which seek to subordinate women to their fundamentalist vision of Islam.
The Taliban have largely excluded them from public employment, restricted their right to travel, and banned girls from going to school.
In early May, the Taliban supreme leader issued an order for women to completely cover themselves in public, including their faces.
All these measures “describe the total model of gender discrimination and aim to make women invisible in society,” Bennett said at a press conference in Kabul at the end of her 11-day visit to Afghanistan.
During the press conference, armed Taliban interrupted a demonstration by women who wanted the girls to go back to school.
“There were about 45 women and girls at the demonstration, but the angry Taliban came and dispersed us,” organizer of the show, Munisa Mubariz, told AFP.
The international community has made respect for human rights, especially women’s rights, a prerequisite in the Islamic government’s aid and recognition negotiations.
The new restrictions confirm the radicalization of the Taliban, which initially tried to display a more moderate face between 1996 and 2001 than during its previous rule.
source: Noticias
