Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN
New York: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff members from continuing to work, the UN spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from taking university entrance examinations
Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have issued a new decree by which they banned female students from taking university entrance exams this year in all public and private universities, media reports said on Sunday.
‘Unfathomable restrictions’ on women’s rights risk destabilizing Afghanistan
New York: The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called on Tuesday for the Taliban de facto authorities to revoke immediately a raft of policies that target the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, saying that they cause “terrible, cascading effects” on their lives and risk destabilizing the nation.
Afghanistan: Taliban administration shuts down two educational institutions in Kabul, Herat
Kabul: The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have shut down two educational institutions in Kabul and Herat which accommodate over 1200 female students.
Quetta: Political activists and students demonstrated in the Pakistani city of Quetta against the Taliban-led Afghan government’s decision to impose a ban on women’s university education.
Taliban will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai
Kabul: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised the Taliban government of Afghanistan and said the group will try to find excuses to stop girls from learning.
Kabul: Since capturing power more than a month ago the Taliban has been imposing restrictive rules for women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan government plans to recruit 30,000 female teachers
Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS); The Afghanistan government has said it is going to recruit 30,000 female teachers within five years.