Women’s and girls’ lives in Afghanistan destroyed : Human rights activist reveals

Taliban abuses against women in Afghanistan continue to amount to crimes against humanity or persecution, with restrictions the militant group imposes on women’s and girls’ freedoms likely to amount to a crime against humanity.

Taliban abuses

International human rights reports have found that the Taliban’s targeting of women is deepening “the flagrant violations of their human rights and freedoms that are the world’s worst and can amount to gender-based persecution, and the abuses have increased significantly,” with the practice of segregating women in their homes serving as a prison and likely to lead to increased levels of domestic violence and mental health challenges.

Crimes and Deprivation

Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the militant group has imposed its own strict laws, stripping the majority of women who worked in government jobs of their jobs. Some have been offered small sums of money to stay home and Afghan women have also been banned from traveling without a male relative. They have been forced to wear a burqa or hijab outside the home. Secondary schools were also closed in their faces in most parts of the country, and the movement prevented women from even entering parks, clubs, athletic clubs and public bathrooms.

Suppression of rights

The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being destroyed as a result of a campaign by the Taliban to suppress their human rights, says human rights activist Saeed Abdul Hafeez. Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the movement has violated women’s and girls’ rights to education, work and freedom of movement; eliminate the protection and support system for those who seek to escape domestic violence; Women and girls were detained for minor violations of discriminatory rules; It has contributed significantly to the high rates of child, early and forced marriage in Afghanistan.

“Nearly two years after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s repressive policies are denying millions of women and girls the right to live safe, free and fulfilling lives,” He said.