“You all are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,” stated the letter issued by the minister of higher education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, to all the private and government universities, on Tuesday.
Restrictions on education –
The Afghan government has put restrictions on education policies for the country’s women; this move comes just three months after the Talibani Government had allowed female students to sit for university entrance exams across most of the provinces of the country.
But these exams were capped with restrictions on subjects such as journalism, engineering, economics, veterinary science and agriculture. There is no hidden fact that the Talibani regime has been discriminating towards women in all aspects, be it education, health, freedom and much more. Earlier, last month women were not allowed in parks, swimming pools, and gymnasiums.
According to BBC reports; this situation has turned to despair for the students, “Education was the only bridge that could connect me with the future that has been destroyed”, said a student from Kabul to the
BBC.
A series of reactions have come up by the International Monitoring organisations and the USA has condemned this act of the Talibani Government; the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that this indefensible decision will have major consequences for the Islamist regime.
“Already Afghanistan has lost US$1 billion per year, and taking women out of the economy will only hasten this process, thus no country can sustain itself while creating a disparity among the genders.” Mr. Blinken noted.
He also added, “Education is a basic human right, which is essential for the growth and stability of a nation. A nation cannot move ahead if it sticks to prehistoric thinking, and the Taliban cannot be a member of the International fraternity until the rights of all in Afghanistan are respected. This undertaken decision will have a catastrophic consequence to the nation.”
Similarly, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres‘s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, reiterated that he is “deeply concerned and distressed due to this decision and as it will have a serious economic impact on the nation and clearly denial of education is a violation of rights of equality.”
Recently, the Afghan economy is thriving on foreign aid, but some agencies are withdrawing financial support after the Taliban’s ban on women’s education in the country.
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