Taliban bans women from working at NGOs
Taliban government at it again as it ban Afghan women from working at NGOs over hijab
Taliban government at it again as it ban Afghan women from working at NGOs over hijab.
Taliban has severely restricted women’s freedoms in Afghanistan after it banned women from working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The Islamist authorities claimed that female NGO workers were disobeying Sharia law by not donning the headscarf.
It comes days after female students were banned from universities – the latest restriction on their education since the Taliban regained power.
The Ministry of Economy wrote a letter to both domestic and foreign NGOs informing them of the directive that was issued on Saturday.
According to a Taliban spokesman, the decision was valid until further notice.
It was not immediately obvious, though, if this would impact UN organizations, which are widely dispersed throughout the nation and actively engaged in relief and development efforts.
Any organization that did not immediately comply was threatened with having their license canceled in the letter.
Women who were barred from going to work expressed their anxiety and powerlessness to the BBC.
One said she was the main earner in her household, and asked: “If I cannot go to my job, who can support my family?”
Another breadwinner insisted that she had complied with the Taliban’s strict female dress code. “This news is shocking,” she said. “I am confused about what will happen to my life.”
A third woman questioned the Taliban’s “Islamic morals”, saying she would now struggle to pay her bills and feed her children.
“The world is watching us and doing nothing,” said another female interviewee. The BBC is not publishing the women’s names in order to protect them.
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If NGOs are now only allowed the employ men, it appears Afghan women will be unable to receive aid directly. Separate rules prevent men from working with women.
It is feared this could worsen widespread issues such as infant mortality in a country where foreign funding for healthcare has now dried up.
A ban on women attending Afghan universities earlier this week met similar condemnation. It triggered protests – including in Herat on Saturday – which have been rapidly suppressed.
Despite vowing that their administration would be more tolerant than the one in the 1990s, the Taliban has systematically weakened women’s rights since regaining control of the nation last year.
In most provinces, secondary schools for girls are still closed. In addition, women have been denied access to parks and gyms, among other public spaces.
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