Kabul [Afghanistan], December 22 (ANI): Taliban-appointed Education Minister in Afghanistan on Thursday stated Afghan ladies have been banned from college ‘for not following costume code’ that has sparked a worldwide backlash.

The continuation of co-education and lack of statement of hijab by college students have been among the many cause cited by Taliban minister Neda Mohammad Nadim for banning Afghan ladies from college, TOLO information reported.

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“The presence of women at dormitories and their arrival from provinces without male companions, lack of observation of hijab by students, the continuation of co-education male, and existence of some faculties for girls that is in contrast with the Islamic law and Afghan pride,” TOLO information quoted Nadim as saying in Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA).

He added that “some reforms planned by the Islamic Emirate were not implemented in the higher education sector.”

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On Wednesday, the UN mission in Afghanistan shared the outrage of hundreds of thousands of Afghans and the worldwide group over the choice by the Taliban to shut universities to feminine college students throughout the nation till additional discover and referred to as on the de facto authorities to right away revoke the choice.

In a press release, the UN mission stated the UN and its humanitarian companions additionally urge the de facto authorities to reopen women’ colleges past the sixth grade and finish all measures stopping ladies and women from taking part absolutely in each day public life,” the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said.

“Banning ladies from attending college is a continuation of the systematic insurance policies of focused discrimination put in place by the Taliban towards ladies,” the UNAMA statement read.

Since 15 August 2021, the de facto authorities have barred girls from attending secondary school, restricted women and girls’ freedom of movement, excluded women from most areas of the workforce and banned women from using parks, gyms and public bath houses. These restrictions culminate with the confinement of Afghan women and girls to the four walls of their homes.

The UN mission argued that preventing half of the population from contributing meaningfully to society and the economy will prove devastating for the whole country. “It will expose Afghanistan to additional worldwide isolation, financial hardship and struggling, impacting hundreds of thousands for years to come back,” the assertion stated.

The UN estimates that limiting ladies from working may end up in an financial lack of as much as USD 1 billion – or as much as 5 % of the nation’s GDP. The ban of girls from universities, together with feminine academics and professors, will contribute to extra financial losses.

The UN mission stated excluding ladies and women from secondary and tertiary training not solely denies them this proper, it denies Afghan society as an entire the good thing about the contributions that ladies and women have to supply. (ANI)

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