According to the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan, 75% of girls have returned to school. In response to a query on the situation of girls’ education rights in the Taliban-controlled country, Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi claimed on Friday that 75% of Afghan females had resumed their studies in schools, according to Dawn.
Following the Taliban’s takeover of the country in mid-August, the international community condemned the Taliban for closing schools and confining thousands of female students to their homes.
Despite the Taliban’s claims that their rights would be protected, the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has been harder on the country’s women and girls.
All secondary schools had previously been reopened by the Afghan Ministry of Education, which was run by the Taliban. The directive, however, solely references male students and makes no mention of a date for female students to return.
In September, the Taliban declared a temporary administration, promising not to replicate the previous Taliban regime’s policies (1996-2001).
Reports from the ground, on the other hand, contradict this. Women are being denied the right to work, according to media sources, and a large number of them have demonstrated to demand their rights to work and education.
According to Al Jazeera, an official from Afghanistan’s interior ministry “said that girls at secondary schools and their female teachers would be returning very soon.”
UNICEF had previously urged for all girls and young women to have access to schools, community-based education classes, and colleges.
Salam Al-Janabi, UNICEF’s representative in Afghanistan, previously claimed that the organisation is waiting to see if the Taliban will allow girls to attend high schools in the nation, as most high schools for girls in Afghanistan remain closed.
