Malala Says Taliban Attempt to erase women from public life

Malala Says Taliban Attempt to erase women from public life.

When the world’s attention was focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, women’s rights activist Malala Yousafzai wanted to refocus attention on the Afghanistan crisis.

It began in 2021 when the Taliban retook control of the nation. Malala Yousafzai said the Taliban’s diktat on Saturday requiring women to wear full-length garments in public was an effort to “remove girls and women from all public life in Afghanistan.”

“The Taliban seek to eliminate girls and women from all aspects of public life in Afghanistan,” she added.

“They want to keep girls out of education and women out of employment, deny them the right to travel without a male family member, and compel them to cover their faces and bodies totally.”

“As the Taliban continues to betray their promises, we must maintain our feeling of worry for Afghan women.” Even today, women flock to the streets to fight for their human rights and dignity. We must all unite with them, particularly those from Muslim nations,” the Nobel Laureate said.

She encouraged international leaders to act in concert to hold the Taliban responsible for abusing the human rights of millions of women and girls.

The latest decrees declared that women should only leave the house when necessary.

That male relative who violated the dress code would face a penalty ranging from a summons to court hearings and prison time.

“We want our ladies to live in dignity and safety,” said Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s vice and virtue ministry’s acting minister.

“All respectable Afghan women must wear Hijab. The finest Hijab is ‘chadori’ (the head-to-toe burqa), which is part of our culture and respectful,” Shir Mohammad, a vice and virtue ministry official, said.

The Taliban previously opted not to reopen schools for females beyond the sixth grade, breaking a pledge and choosing to placate their hard-line supporters at the price of further alienating the international world.