Taliban Bans University Education For Afghan Women And Girls

University education for women is outlawed nationally by the Taliban government.

This is consistent with the Islamists’ rigid stance on Afghan women’s freedom and the right to an education.

The Taliban increased restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives despite promising a milder rule when they took control last year. They did this despite international anger.

“You all are informed to immediately implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,” said a letter issued to all government and private universities, signed by the Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem.

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The restriction on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of girls and women around the nation took university entrance tests, with many of them hoping to pursue careers in teaching and medical, according to RTE.

Universities were compelled to enact new regulations following the Taliban’s takeover of the nation, including gender-segregated classrooms and entrances, and women could only be taught by older males or women professors.

The majority of adolescent girls in the country are already prohibited from attending secondary schools, significantly restricting their access to higher education.

Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, and his inner circle of Afghan clerics oppose modern education, particularly for children and women. The Taliban follow a strict interpretation of Islam.

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However, they are at odds with a number of Kabul authorities as well as their own rank and file, who had hoped that girls would be let to continue their education after the takeover.

Many government jobs have been eliminated for women, or they are being paid less to stay at home.
They must wear clothing outside the home, preferably a burqa, and are prohibited from traveling alone without a male relative.

Additionally, they were forbidden from visiting parks, fairs, gyms, and public baths in November.

In a brutal about-face, the Taliban prevented girls from going back to secondary schools in March on the morning that classes were set to resume.

Many Taliban officials claim the suspension of the secondary education system is only temporary, but they have also rolled out a vast list of justifications, ranging from a shortage of funding to the length of time required to redesign the curriculum in accordance with Islamic principles.

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Many young girls have been married off at an early age since the ban, frequently to considerably older men of their fathers’ choosing.

Coupled with financial pressure, several families surveyed by AFP last month stated that it was preferable for their daughters to get married off than to remain idle at home.

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