An Amnesty International report paints a disastrous picture since the Islamists came to power. After nearly a year of Taliban rule, Afghan women are still systematically oppressed and discriminated against. Girls and women would be punished for the smallest offences. “Every aspect of daily life – whether they can go to school, whether and how they can leave the house” is also severely restricted.
“It’s like death in slow motion,” says Amnesty International’s latest report on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power. The Taliban, who rule the country, are said to have arrested girls and women for the minor offences, as they show them in public without a male escort. Amnesty International has called on the international community to warn not to abandon Afghan women.
The organization criticized that little of the promises the Taliban made when they came to power in August last year. At the time, it was assured that the rights of women and girls would not be curtailed. The opposite is now the case, said Amnesty Secretary-General Agnès Callamard.
Number of child and forced marriages up again
Forced marriages, early marriages and child marriages have also exploded. The reasons for this were the pressure from Taliban members to marry her and the lack of education and career opportunities for women.
Callamard warned that the “ruthless oppression” of women is increasing day by day. The international community must therefore “urgently insist that the Taliban respect and protect the rights of women and girls”.
Source: Krone
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