IMPACT OF TALIBAN TAKEOVER AFGHANISTAN ON

WOMEN

Since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan is wounded. It's shattered into pieces ,
women and girls are increasingly living under deplorable conditions in
Afghanistan. By not raising our voices and by not asking right question at
right time and by not bringing everything at the attention of the ones who are
taking care of things, be it international agencies or Taliban itself, things can
get worse. For Afghan women, the economic crisis engulfing the country has
been compounded by further restrictions by the Taliban on their employment,
education and even movement.  According to Amnesty International, women
have been informed that they cannot go to work or travel without a male
guardian. Even girls over the age of 12 have been prohibited from attending
school, and segregation of women and men in universities is negatively
impacting women’s opportunities in post-secondary institutions. Women have
been expelled from many areas of the labour force, including the media and
entertainment fields. Women police officers has been dismissed, now the
Taliban do not have female personnel available to question women. Even the
Women's Affairs Ministry was abolished by the Taliban in September. Its
office now houses the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Ministry. Over the past 20 years women here have cast off cultural and family
prejudice to live more freely - decades of progress the Taliban appear
determined to destroy. Delegate would ask people to not abandon the Afghan
people once the spotlight goes away. Millions of people will still be there and
they need us.
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The global military powers, led by the USA, have surrendered to the savages,
turning it into ‘Operation Enduring Slavery’ for Afghan women with the Sharia
and the primitiveness back. Even then the international community turned
away with the USA leaving Afghans to their fate after helping the Mujahideen
oust the Soviets. The Mujahideen, like the Taliban, had violated Article 24 of
the Fourth Geneva Convention, which says, women must be “especially
protected against any attack on their honour, in particular against rape,
enforced prostitution or any other form of indecent assault”. Similarly, Article
3, which is common to all the Geneva Conventions, prohibits “outrages upon
personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment in non-
international armed conflicts”.The gender apartheid has returned with male
and female students segregated at universities, a new dress code imposed
and women, except in the health sector, barred from working.

Afghanistan today is different than it was in the 1990s. Women’s education

as well as their economic and political participation is much higher than it
was in the past. Yet even though the Taliban now claim that they are
committed to upholding “women’s rights under Islam,” eyewitness accounts
from Taliban-controlled areas tell a different story. Women have already
been turned away from schools and universities, ordered not to leave their
homes without a male guardian, and flogged for breaching Taliban-imposed
rules. There have also been reports of forced marriages and targeted attacks

against women and girls. Although the situation on the ground remains highly
fluid, Afghan women who have stood up for gender equality, democracy, and
human rights clearly face imminent risks. The international community also
needs to use its limited leverage to press the Taliban to respect women’s
rights, as even limited concessions will make a difference in a bad situation.
And it needs to support those actors continuing the difficult fight for
inclusion within the country and from abroad, rather than disengaging
politically at this critical moment.
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The international community must pressure the Taliban to ensure women’s

rights and they must do everything to ensure that women are part of the new
government. The Taliban cannot eliminate half of the population of
Afghanistan. International donors need to strengthen their commitment to
protect Afghan women caught between government inaction and Taliban
expanding. Humanitarian support and livelihood opportunities ,especially for
women headed households