Currently, 80% (or 2.5 million) of Afghan girls and young women of school age are out of school., due to the de facto authorities’ decision to deny them access to secondary schools and universities. They threaten to undo the development progress the country has made over the past 20 years.
Between 2001 and 2021 Afghanistan has seen the number of school enrollments increase tenfold at all levels of education, rising from around 1 million students to almost 10 million. Today ” We are erased “, said Mehbooba Seraj, a human rights activist in Afghanistan. ” Today, human rights in Afghanistan do not exist. Afghan women do not exist for the Taliban. » « No other country in the world has experienced such a widespread and complete rollback. “The imposed edicts not only restrict the daily lives of women and girls, but also rob them of their future and strip them of their identity and dignity », Richard BennetSpecial Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan.
After the Taliban took power in August 2021, universities were forced to adopt new rules, in particular to separate girls and boys during class hours. Today, women’s rights continue to be rolled back in Afghanistan: Women can no longer go to university. Access to these places of higher education is forbidden to them.
From now on, women are also excluded from public employment, they are also not allowed to travel without being accompanied by a male relative and must cover themselves with a burqa or a hijab when they leave their homes. they.
International Day of Education 2023 for Afghan girls and women !
International Day of Education is organized January 24 of each year. Audrey AzoulayManaging Director of l’UNESCOhas decided to dedicate this Afghan Girls and Women Day. At an event at UN Headquarters, UNESCO will renew its call for the immediate restoration of their fundamental right to education.
« No country in the world should prevent women and girls from getting an education. Education is a universal human right that must be respected. The international community has a responsibility to ensure that the rights of Afghan girls and women are restored without delay. The war on women must end “says Audrey Azoulay.
