The Taliban government continues to try to silence women in Afghanistan. They were already prohibited from public speaking, going to school and even singing. And now the universities were now removed from books written by women, including technical books.
Since they returned to Power in Afghanistan in 2021, after the United States withdrawal, the Taliban centered most of the decisions in control over women. The most recent is the ban on universities to use books written by women, even if they are technical books.
It is recalled that in Afghan universities they only study men, because they are also prohibited from classes.
Human rights are not theme in class
In addition to banishing the books written by authors, authorities have also decided to ban all chairs that address topics such as human rights or sexual harassment.
The Ministry of Education says they are issues that conflict with the principles of Sharia, the code of conduct that guides Muslims in all aspects of life, but that the Taliban interpret in a radical way.
Banished 140 books and 800 texts
With this new decision, 140 books and 800 texts written by women were banned. One of them was about laboratory safety techniques.
The United Nations say it is another measure to wage women’s rights and silence them.
Since taking control in Kabul, the Taliban has banned women from talking, singing or praying aloud. The law of addiction and virtue, as they called it, also tries to erase them from the sight, ordering women to cover all parts of their body and face whenever they are in public.
