Afghan women continue to face severe human rights abuses, and some of them are particularly hard-hit by unemployment and workplace restrictions.
In this picture taken on July 30, 2022, shampoo factory worker Robina, 40, poses for a portrait in Kandahar. - Since their takeover a year ago, the Taliban have squeezed Afghan women out of public life, imposing suffocating restrictions on where they can work, how they can travel, and what they can wear.
“I no longer can practice law as a woman,” she said. “This results from the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islam, which forbids ‘women in the position of judgment and authority’ and ‘women’s legal guardianship over men.’” Most of her clients are male, and she is constrained by the Taliban’s rules that forbid men and women from openly communicating in public unless they can show they are Mahram .
who worked for Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense and army, Ministry of Interior and police, and the National Directorate of Security or Afghanistan’s secret police have done the same.“Most of them are in hiding,” Fereshta Abbasi, a researcher in the Asia division at Human Rights Watch, told HuffPost. “Going back to work for them under the Taliban rule is not an option.”
Many prominent female journalists have fled the country and are now living in exile. Additionally, hundreds of media outlets have been shut down due to aSome women in certain sectors, such as health or education, have been allowed to keep their jobs if they cannot be replaced by men or if the position is deemed not to be a “man’s job,” according toYet there is no uniform policy or clear data that indicates whether women are permitted to return to work.
“Women have been told, for instance, that they must cover their faces at work,” Abbasi told HuffPost. “Men and women are segregated at work in several provinces, which has discouraged smaller organizations from hiring women since they cannot afford separate buildings and offices. Women have also been told that they must be accompanied by a Mahram not only when traveling but also while at work.”
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