Deeply saddened by the news from the Taliban banning women attending University education! It is every woman’s right & basic human right to attend education!
The act of these men is setting the development of the country back 100 years! #Afganistan #WomensRights pic.twitter.com/PAP08HIsRh— Dr. kochar walladbegi (@dr_walladbegi) December 21, 2022
Today, the Taliban group prevented the girls from going to Kabul University by whipping them.@Fawziakoofi77 @lifeline_intl @ZarminaParyani @parwana_ibra @NilofarAyoubi @Axel_Steier @SE_AfghanWGH @hrw @cvoule @SR_Afghanistan @unwomenafghan @UN_Women @UNHumanRights pic.twitter.com/EXddx8ehCp
— Afghanistan Womens And Children S.W.O (@AWCSWO) December 21, 2022
Female students screaming outside Takhar university in Afghanistan after not being allowed in by the Taliban guards.
“Let me scream! What are you afraid of? What more is there left for them to take from us?”
My heart aches.
pic.twitter.com/Tdz4Dwg4yp— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 21, 2022
The brave & talented women of Afghanistan are devastated this morning as the Taliban prevent them from entering their universities following the BAN on female university education.
This is horrifying to watch. This isn’t right. We mustn’t stay silent.
— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 21, 2022
You love to see it!
These women should just behave themselves – then they won’t need to be WHIPPED!
Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education.
The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.
“We went to university, the Taliban were at the gate and told us ‘you are not allowed to enter the university until further notice’ … everyone was crying,” said Shaista, a business studies student at a private university in Kabul.
Third-year political science student Hassiba, based in Kabul, said she was studying for her exams when she heard about the announcement.
“It’s too hard to accept, it’s unbelievable, I can’t believe it’s happening,” she said.
“When there is no education for women in a society, how can we be hopeful for a bright future?”
According to the late Tuesday announcement, the decision was made by the Taliban administration’s cabinet.
Several Taliban officials, including the deputy foreign minister and administration spokesperson, have spoken out in favour of female education in recent months.
The supreme Taliban spiritual leader, based in the southern city of Kandahar, has the final say on major decisions.
Diplomatic and Taliban official sources have told Reuters the issue had been under discussion by the leadership.
“This decision had been anticipated for weeks, prompting some Western officials to start talking about additional sanctions and further economic restrictions,” said Graeme Smith, senior consultant at International Crisis Group.
“But the flood of outrage from the West will strengthen the resolve of the Taliban leadership, which defines itself as a bulwark against the outside world.”
It’s a bulwark of sanity in an insane world!
These are the only people I see making any sense!
Amazing, just listen the wordplay of Taliban spox on “Sharia & Women Rights”
📽️01:50
Reporter: U have a daughter. Do u think she deserves equal rights when she grows up to be a womanZabihullah Mujahid: No. There are laws for women & laws for men.
We don’t have 50/50 equal rule pic.twitter.com/e0rj6UsTvP— 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐣 (@PratushSayan) February 16, 2022
#Taliban gets asked by journalist if they would accept a democratic system that voted in female politicians.
The response? Hysterical laughing – then “stop filming, it made me laugh”
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) August 17, 2021
TALIBAN TELLS CNN REPORTER TO “STAND ASIDE” BECAUSE SHE’S A WOMANpic.twitter.com/KyOBtZxF3B
— The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) August 16, 2021