WORLD NEWS | Afghanistan: Schoolgirls call for reopening of schools and universities

kabul [Afghanistan]May 7 (ANI): Some female students have called for the reopening of girls’ schools and colleges, as the ongoing closures leave young women with a bleak future, ToloNews reported.

The students also pointed out that the country would not benefit from continuing the ban on women’s education, and they urged the Islamic emirate to reopen schools and universities for women.

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Student Gul Jan said: “We are not studying for the exam in college, but at home, we are frustrated because we didn’t take the exam.”

“With the start of college midterms, there were no girls in college, and there was a big void in society where women were excluded from society,” student Fazia said.

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“Girls continue to be denied access to education and fear for their uncertain future. We ask the Islamic Emirate to open schools and universities to girls as soon as possible,” said another student, Gita.

Meanwhile, former US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has demanded that the current Afghan government immediately reopen colleges and schools to girls, according to ToloNews.

In his tweet, Khalilzad urged the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to heed the statement of Iranian religious scholar Maulavi Abdul Hamid on women’s education.

“Another wise statement by Mawlawi Abdul Hamid directed at the Taliban leadership bluntly demanded to know where in Sharia law it says prohibits women from high school and university education. Evidence of this cannot be found in the law. Mullah Hibatullah should heed this wise advice. High schools and colleges must be opened immediately for Afghan girls and women,” Khalilzad tweeted.

The Taliban has stripped women and girls of a wide range of human rights, including bans on high school and university attendance, restrictions on movement and work, and a December decree banning female nationals from working in most NGOs.

Effective August 15, 2021, de facto authorities bar girls from secondary school, limit women’s and girls’ freedom of movement, exclude women from most of the workforce, and bar women from using parks, gyms, and public bathrooms. These restrictions culminated in the confinement of Afghan women and girls within the four walls of their homes, according to ToloNews. (Arnie)

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